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Grüningers Fall

Grüningers Fall

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 16, 1998

Runtime

1h 40m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

90%

Original Title

Grüningers Fall

Production Companies

Lea Produktion GmbH, SRF

Director

Richard Dindo

Description

The Grüninger case from Switzerland. This is a documentary about a police officer who showed civil courage back in the forties when he led many refugees fleeing German Nazi terror immigrate to Switzerland, although he was advised not to do so. Grüninger later was sued by the state of Switzerland, lost his job and died in the early seventies. The film constructs a just lawsuit with eye-witnesses and thus fully legitimates what Grüninger did.