Affaire Blum


Title: Affaire Blum
Year: 1948
Directors: Erich Engel
Writers: Robert A. Stemmle (writer)
Actors: Hans Christian Blech | Ernst Waldow | Paul Bildt | Karin Evans | Helmuth Rudolph | Alfred Schieske | Gisela Trowe | Kurt Ehrhardt | Gerhard Bienert | Herbert Hübner | Friedrich Maurer | Klaus Becker | Arno Paulsen | Hilde Adolphi | Maly Delschaft
Rating: 7.2 | 19 votes
Languages: German
Color: Black and White
Country: Germany
Company: Deutsche Film (DEFA)
Genres: Drama | Crime
Plot:
1) This early postwar suspense story, based on a well-known 1926 murder trial with Dreyfus-loke overtones also represents an East German reflection on Nazism. Dr. Blum, a Jewish manufacturer living in Germany, is falsely accused of killing his booker. Even when the real killer’s identity becomes evident, the state prosecutor refuses to accept Blum’s innocence. The film explores German reaction to the trial and investigates the relationship between the legal system, antisemitism, and fascism, providing insight into the historical context that allowed Nazism to flourish.

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