MY MURDERER
A film by Elisabeth Scharang
with Christoph Bach, Gerti Drassl, Karl Markovics, Cornelius Obonya, Krista Stadler, Maria Hofstätter, Valentin Frais, Coco Huemer, Kathrin Resetarits, Franziska Weisz a.o.
DIRECTOR Elisabeth Scharang
SCREENPLAY Michael Scharang, Elisabeth Scharang
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Christian Berger aac
PRODUCTION DESIGNER Ernst M. Braunias
COSTUME DESIGNER Uli Fessler, Margit Salzinger
SOUND ENGINEER William Franck
EDITOR Alarich Lenz
PRODUKTION COORDINATOR Ulrike Lässer
PRODUCTION EXECUTIVE Michael Katz
PRODUCER Veit Heiduschka
PRODUCTION COMPANY WEGA-Filmproduktion
TECHNICAL DATA 88 min., super 16mm, colour, Dolby SRD
Synopsis
The ten-year-old Hans is despatched on the orders of his politically-crazed school headmaster to the Nazi euthanasia clinic AM SPIEGELGRUND, from which he later manages to escape.
In 1955, as a result of the trauma he suffered as a child he loses first his girlfriend, and then ultimately his liberty. Having punched his former headmaster to the ground, in prison he has a renewed encounter with former Nazi physician Dr. Mannhart. Mannhart, now a successful court expert, and aware that Hans is a dangerous witness to his murderous past, arranges for Hans to be removed to a psychiatric ward.
As a result of political intervention, Hans is released from detention, but Mannhart continues to go unpunished.
Then in 1970, Hans – himself now a psychiatrist – and Mannhart end up confronting each other face to face in court.
