L'Affaire Maurizius

L'Affaire Maurizius, released in English as On Trial, is a 1954 Franco-Italian crime drama directed by Julien Duvivier, who also wrote the screenplay. Adapted from Jakob Wassermann's 1928 novel of the same name, it stars Daniel Gélin, Madeleine Robinson, Anton Walbrook and Charles Vanel. The story unfolds within the framework of a court case, as a legal investigation reopens an old crime and gradually exposes the truth behind a wrongful conviction. A dark judicial drama, the film stands among the notable crime pictures of postwar French cinema.