Vernehmung der Zeugen

Vernehmung der Zeugen

76 mins | Drama, Crime | March 20, 1987

A teenager is found murdered, and the examining doctor recognizes her son's knife. The film works its way back to reveal how this situation came about; a rare treatment of the taboo subject of youth criminality in Socialist society.

Vernehmung der Zeugen

76 mins | Drama, Crime | March 20, 1987

Vernehmung der Zeugen
A teenager is found murdered, and the examining doctor recognizes her son's knife. The film works its way back to reveal how this situation came about; a rare treatment of the taboo subject of youth criminality in Socialist society.
Producers DEFA
Original title Vernehmung der Zeugen
Directors Mathias Schubert, Gunther Scholz
Writers Manfred Richter, Inge Meyer, Gunther Scholz

Cast

René Steinke

as Max Klapproth

Mario Gericke

as Rainer Gebhard

Anne Kasprik

as Viola

Christine Schorn

as Beate Klapproth

Franz Viehmann

as Gunnar Strach

Günter Junghans

as Herr Gebhard

Petra Kelling

as Frau Gebhard

Johanna Schall

as Frau Schulenburg

Gudrun Okras

as Oma Lotte

Cornelia Schirmer

as Zweite Jugendliche