Movie Details
Original Language:German
Production Companies:FrameLab Film
Cast & Crew
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Gerald Igor Hauzenberger
Screenplay
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Gerald Igor Hauzenberger
Director
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Gerald Igor Hauzenberger
Camera Operator
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Bernhard Fleischmann
Music
The Trial
Audience Score
1 hr 56 minDocumentary
At 6am on May 21 2008 armed police burst into the apartment of Austrian dog trainer and animalrights activist Sabine Koch arresting her After three months in custody Koch together with 12 other animalrights activists went on trial They were charged with being members of a criminal organisation and therefore breaching article 273a of the Austrian Penal Code introduced in the wake of 911 The articles intention is to allow the state to stifle terrorist activity Years of observation house searches and undercover agents the police left no stone unturned in its bid to prove the animalrights activists guilt The sobering result five million Euros worth of investigation no proof and a great deal of scepticism towards the Austrian justice system and democracy itself
DirectorGerald Igor Hauzenberger
WritersDavid WingateEbba Sinzinger