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Grüningers Fall

Grüningers Fall

Documentary, 100 min.

Title F:L'Affaire Grüninger
Title G:Grüningers Fall
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by Richard Dindo

Switzerland, November 1997

This is a documentary on Paul Grüninger (who died in 1972), the St. Gall police chief who before the war saved the lives of several hundred Austrian Jews and consequently lost his job and faced a judicial dressing-down. The film uses the same St. Gall District Court room in which judgement was passed on Grüninger in 1940. Former Jewish refugees whose lives were saved, one by one take the witness stand in this unusual policeman’s defence. After several unsuccessful attempts to have Grüninger officially rehabilitated, the authorities of St. Gall finally gave their consent in the autumn of 1996. This film is a tribute to this long-delayed act of rehabilitation.

 

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Directed by: Richard Dindo
Written by: Richard Dindo, Stefan Keller (based on a book by Stefan Keller)

World Premiere: November 1997
Original Version: German, colour, 35mm, 100 min.

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Production: Lea Produktion GmbH, Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen

Cinematography: Pio Corradi, Rainer M. Trinkler
Editing: Richard Dindo, Rainer M. Trinkler
Sound: Dieter Meyer, Laurent Barbey
Sound Editing: Florian Eidenbenz
Rerecording Sound Mix: Florian Eidenbenz
Music: Arvo Pärt, Litany

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World Rights: Lea Produktion GmbH

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Distribution Switzerland: Filmcoopi Zürich AG
Distribution France: Les Films d'ici

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  • Solothurn, Bundesamt für Kultur, Swiss Film Prize, Best Documentary 1998 (Nomination)

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