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The General Case

6.720161h 32mMovieDrama

In the young Federal Republic of Germany, which in the late 1950s in politics and justice is still interspersed with only superficially purified Nazi cliques, leads the Hessian Attorney General Fritz Bauer a lonely fight against the…

DirectorStephan Wagner
WriterAlex Buresch
ProducersBenjamin Benedict·Nico Hofmann

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Streaming in 3 other countries

The General Case isn't on any streaming service in United States right now, but it's available in Austria, Germany, Switzerland. Streaming rights are licensed per country.

Cast · Directed by Stephan Wagner

UNUlrich Noethen
Ulrich Noethen
Fritz Bauer
DKDavid Kross
David Kross
Joachim Hell
BSBernhard Schütz
Bernhard Schütz
Hans Maria Globke
UBUwe Bohm
Uwe Bohm
Efraim Ilani
GGGodehard Giese
Godehard Giese
Staatsanwalt Streuber
GWGustav Peter Wöhler
Gustav Peter Wöhler
Ludwig Erhard
KKKarl Knaup
Karl Knaup
Haim Cohn
MM
Manfred Möck
Isser Harel
DSDieter Schaad
Dieter Schaad
Bundeskanzler Konrad Adenauer
RKRonald Kukulies
Ronald Kukulies
Kunze
HB
Hede Beck
Ilona Schäfer
NTNathalie Thiede
Nathalie Thiede
Annette Hell

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