"Die zwölf Geschworenen" is a German black-and-white film from 1963, so this one is already over 50 years old and it is a German television film that is basically the same story like the American classic "12 Angry Men". It runs for 110 minutes and features a handful actors that are still alive today surprisingly, such as Mario Adorf as the baseball-obsessed brute or Ralf Wolter who is known for his Winnetou works or Swiss actor Lukas Ammann, who is 103 today. And among the deceased, Siegfried Lowitz is known too and maybe others as well, such as Robert Graf (father of Dominik), who plays the most important character in here, but sadly died shortly after this film came out. I myself like the original American film without being a huge fan and this is also how I would describe my approach to this German movie. It was a good watch for the most part. I liked that, on some occasions, they tried to bring in new story points without going too far away from the original. Some of it worked well and added interesting new aspects, some of it added very little only. It's probably entirely subjective what you will like and not like. It may be a good idea to check this one out briefly after seeing the Henry Fonda movie. Overall, I give this film we have here a thumbs-up. The late 1950s/early 1960s weren't that great in terms of German(-language) films, but this one here is a bit of an exceptions. Worth checking out.
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