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THE COLLINI CASE

DER FALL COLLINI

By Marco KREUZPAINTNER

Drama - Completed 2019

Court-appointed lawyer Caspar Leinen seems trapped when he's assigned to defend the suspect in a spectacular murder case. But he soon starts to unearth one of the greatest legal scandals ever, stretching back to the aftermath of Nazi Germany...

- Year of production
- 2019
- Genres
- Drama
- Countries
- GERMANY
- Languages
- GERMAN
- Duration
- 123 mn
- Director(s)
- Marco KREUZPAINTNER
- Writer(s)
- Christian ZÜBERT, Robert GOLD, Jens Frederik OTTO
- Cast
- Elyas M´BAREK, Alexandra Maria LARA, Franco NERO, Heiner LAUTERBACH, Pia STUTZENSTEIN, Jannis NIEWOHNER, Rainer BOCK, Peter PRAGER
- Producer(s)
- Christoph MÜLLER (Constantin Film Produktion GmbH), Kerstin SCHMIDBAUER (Constantin Film Produktion GmbH), Marcel HARTGES (Constantin Film Produktion GmbH), Martin MOSZKOWICZ (Constantin Film Produktion GmbH)
- Synopsis
- For over 30 years, Fabrizio Collini has worked diligently for a German carmaker before going and killing a man, seemingly on a whim. It's a nightmare for lawyer Caspar Leinen, who takes over his case as a court-assigned lawyer: The victim, respected industrialist Jean-Baptiste Meyer, was Leinen's long-time friend and mentor and is the grandfather of his high-school sweetheart Johanna. Everything in this spectacular case seems to be working against the inexperienced lawyer: Caspar is personally involved, has a client who won't talk to him, and an opponent who seems far superior in legendary prosecutor Professor Richard Mattinger. When he decides to tackle the case anyway, he starts uncovering one of the greatest legal scandals ever, stretching back to World War II. But how much is he willing to sacrifice to expose the truth?