Palermo or Wolfsburg (1980)
Directed by Werner Schroeter
Genres - Drama |
Sub-Genres - Courtroom Drama |
Run Time - 145 min. |
Countries - Switzerland, Germany |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Dan Pavlides
An impoverished young man from Sicily travels to Wolfsburg, West Germany to find work. He takes a job in the Volkswagen factory after he travels through Northern Italy by train. The young man is arrested after he kills two Germans with his knife when they question his honor. The third part of the film follows his subsequent trial and deals with justice denied and the attitude of many Germans who resent the influx of foreign labor.
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arrest, factory-worker, false-accusation, false-conviction, Germany, trial [courtroom]