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On Trial (French: L'Affaire Maurizius; Italian: Il caso Mauritius) is a 1954 Franco-Italian crime drama film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Daniel Gélin, Madeleine Robinson and Anton Walbrook. It was based on a 1928 novel by Jakob Wassermann.
On Trial: Directed by Julien Duvivier. With Daniel Gélin, Madeleine Robinson, Eleonora Rossi Drago, Anton Walbrook. In this legal drama, told in flashbacks, the son of a judge, who had sentenced a man who may be innocent to 17 years in prison, tries to investigate the mysterious case.
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- Crime, Drama
- Julien Duvivier
- 1954-06-04
Daniel Gélin is convicted of murder in a story outlined in the past while in the present day the prosecutor and his son take separate paths to try to find out the truth. Used as an abstraction, the past story works fine, it's mysterious, noirish, and the present day story is rooted and compelling.
- Julien Duvivier
- Jolly Film, Franco London Films
On Trial is a 1954 Franco-Italian crime drama film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Daniel Gélin, Madeleine Robinson and Anton Walbrook. It was based on a 1928 novel by Jakob Wassermann.
On Trial is a film directed by Julien Duvivier with Daniel Gélin, Madeleine Robinson, Eleonora Rossi Drago, Anton Walbrook .... Year: 1954. Original title: L'affaire Maurizius.
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- France
- Robert Lefebvre (B&W)
- Julien Duvivier
By Michael Bayer. Share this film. Skirmishing sisters Elisabeth (Madeleine Robinson) and Anna (Eleonora Rossi Drago) are interrupted by the sound of the front gate. Wolf Andergast (Charles Vanel) continues to disappoint -- and "terrify" -- his mother (Berthe Bovy). Film Tags. Adultery. Artist. Blackmail. Boat. Classroom. Courtroom.
Prosecutor Etzel discovers that his father has sentenced a man, Leonardo Maurizius, on mere presumptions. He then makes it a point of honor to trace the sources of the case to uncover the truth.
