Blum Affair (1948)

Original title

Affaire Blum

Directed by

Erich Engel

Genre

drama film, trial film

Country

German Democratic Republic, Germany

Runtime

1h 46m

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Jewish industrialist in 1920s Germany is accused of murder. The film follows his trial and the prejudice he faces.

tensegrippingserioushistoricalslow-burncerebralmelancholicsober

What happens

Blum Affair (German: Affaire Blum) is a 1948 East German drama film directed by Erich Engel and starring Hans Christian Blech, Ernst Waldow and Karin Evans. It is based on a real 1926 case in Magdeburg in which a German Jewish industrialist is tried for murder. The film was produced in the future East Germany and produced by DEFA. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios and Althoff Studios in the Soviet zone. The film's sets were designed by the art director Emil Hasler. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

• Und wieder 48 (1948)
• Fernsehpitaval: Auf der Flucht erschossen (1962)
• The Murder That Was Never Recognized (1968)
• The Murder Trial of Doctor Jordan (1949)
• Das Pflichtmandat (1973)
• Freispruch mangels Beweises (1962)
• Der Teufelskreis (1956)
• Unser Mittwochabend (1948)