The Court Is in Session

1943

51m

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Overview

The world’s first trial against German war criminals took place in Kharkov in December 1943. The film covers the trial of three Germans and one Russian: Corporal of German Secret Field Police Reinhard Retzlaw; Captain of the German Military Counter-Espionage Service Wilhelm Langheld; SS Obersturmbannführer, Company Commander of the SD Sonderkommando Hans Ritz; and collaborator, assistant to SD Sonderkommando, driver of the “gas van” Mikhail Bulanov. In the presence of 40,000 Kharkov citizens, the criminals were hanged on the Blagoveshchensk market, where the invaders themselves had previously carried out mass executions.

Status: Released

Language: RU

Production Information

Production Companies

Central Studio of Documentary Films

Production Countries

Soviet Union

Spoken Languages

German Russian

Quick Facts

Original Title	Суд идёт
Release Date	December 31, 1943
Status	Released
Language	RU

Cast

Key Crew

Ilya Kopalin

Director

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