The Collini Case

  • Archive - Festival 35
  • Director: Marco Kreuzpaintner
  • Germany 2019
  • 120 minutes
  • German
  • Subtitles in Hebrew, English

Attorney Caspar Leinen seems trapped when he's appointed by the court to defend the suspect in a spectacular murder case. But he soon starts to unearth one of the greatest legal scandals ever, stretching back to the aftermath of Nazi Germany...

Courtroom drama meets political thriller in this outstanding adaptation of the international bestselling novel by Ferdinand von Schirach. Marco Kreuzpaintner takes us back to the dark days of WWII and directs the explosive, spellbinding murder trial masterfully, testing the bounds between morality and justice.

Filmography: Trade (2007), Summer Storm (2004).


  • Director Marco Kreuzpaintner
  • Production Christoph Müller, Kerstin Schmidbauer, Marcel Hartges, Martin Moszkowicz
  • Script Christian Zübert, Robert Gold, Jens-Frederik Otto
  • Cinematography Jakub Bejnarowicz
  • Editing Johannes Hubrich
  • Music Ben Lukas Boysen
  • Actors Franco Nero, Alexandra Maria Lara, Elyas M'Barek
  • Source Red Cape Distribution


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