Interrogating the Witnesses
5.9
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.
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Cast
32 people
René Steinke
Max Klapproth
Known for
Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police
Mario Gericke
Rainer Gebhard
Also in
Frost
Zum Teufel mit Harbolla
Gunther Scholz
Inge Meyer
Harry Leupold
Anne Kasprik
Viola
Known for
Troublemakers
Manfred Richter
Claus Neumann
Christine Schorn
Beate Klapproth
Known for
Good Bye, Lenin!
Someday We'll Tell Each Other Everything
Konrad Walle
Thea Richter
Franz Viehmann
Gunnar Strach
Also in
Rottenknechte
A Strange Love
Gunther Scholz Director · Manfred Richter Writer Inge Meyer Story
First release March 26, 1987 · Produced in XG · Production DEFA
Production
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Production
DEFA
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XG
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Original title
Vernehmung der Zeugen
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · March 26, 1987
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Russia
July 1, 1987 · Moscow Film Festival
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