Movie · 2024
The Investigation
Released 25 July 2024 More from 2024 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
Peter Weiss’ monumental 1965 stage play, among the greatest artworks on the Holocaust, condenses the testimonies of witnesses and the accused during the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials of 1963-1965. This ultra-faithful film adaptation builds, across four hours, in its intensity and graphically described detail.
FR·01
How old were they?
Thomas Meinhardt
as Zeuge 20
Rainer Bock
as Richter
Axel Pape
as Zeuge 36
Bernhard Schütz
as Verteidiger
Mark Zak
as Zeuge 28
Frank Röth
as Angeklagter 11 Hantl
Wilfried Hochholdinger
as Angeklagter 1 Mulka
Karl Markovics
as Zeuge 26
Michael Schenk
as Angeklagter 10 Scherpe
Marcel Hensema
as Zeuge 8
Marco Hofschneider
as Zeuge 21
Marek Harloff
as Zeuge 15
Marc Fischer
as Zeuge 12
René Ifrah
as Zeuge 31
Tom Wlaschiha
as Zeuge 38
Arndt Schwering-Sohnrey
as Angeklagter 15 Bischof
Sabine Timoteo
as Zeugin 17
Peter Schneider
as Zeuge 33
Niels-Bruno Schmidt
as Angeklagter 4 Dr. Frank
FR·02
The numbers
22years between the oldest and youngest billed
71Thomas Meinhardt — oldest on the call sheet
49Niels-Bruno Schmidt — youngest billed
58average age of the credited cast