In the Name of the People
In the Name of the People
1974, German. Directed by Ottokar Runze.
In this German film, inmates guilty of a prison murder are put on trial before a court consisting of other inmates. The trial is given the full formal treatment it might receive in a civilian setting. The key point in this film is that these are the actual murderers admitting their actual crimes before a judges' panel consisting of their peers: actual prisoners at the same institution. Having no force of law, the trial proceeds without reaching a conclusion. That is something the viewer is asked to provide. This movie won a Silver Bear from the 1974 Berlin Film Festival.
- Runtime
- 2h 8m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
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- Released
- 7 November 1974
- Original title
- Im Namen des Volkes
- Written by
- Ottokar Runze
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In the Name of the People runs 128 minutes (2h 8m).
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In the Name of the People isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 7 November 1974. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
What movies are like In the Name of the People?
If you liked In the Name of the People, try The Menendez Brothers, Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press, Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story.
Who directed In the Name of the People?
In the Name of the People (1974) was directed by Ottokar Runze and stars Gerd Siekmann, Heinz-Dietrich Stark, Hajo Wandschneider.