Im Vorhof der Wahrheit

At nine, Miroslav flees the Eastern Front alone after his mother’s disappearance. In postwar Germany, the Czech boy drifts between zones, lands in reform schools and prisons, and suffers a crippling accident. Rejected by society and facing deportation, he joins Berlin’s underworld, is arrested for murder, and confronts whether society or he is to blame.

Director: Fritz Umgelter

Cast: Gerhard Acktun, Matthias Habich, Maria Körber, Karl-Heinz von Hassel, Heinz Weiss, Gertraud Jesserer, Anneliese Uhlig

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