The Collini Case Explained

The Collini Case
Native Name:	Language: German Der Fall Collini Nolink: 0
Director:	Marco Kreuzpaintner
Screenplay:	Christian Zübert Robert Gold Jens-Frederik Otto
Producer:	Marcel Hartges Christoph Müller Kerstin Schmidbauer
Starring:	Elyas M'Barek Franco Nero Heiner Lauterbach
Music:	Ben Lukas Boysen
Cinematography:	Jakub Bejnarowicz
Editing:	Johannes Hubrich
Studio:	Constantin Film SevenPictures Film Mythos Film Rolize GmbH & Co.
Distributor:	Constantin Film
Runtime:	123 minutes
Country:	Germany
Language:	German
Gross:	$6.9 million^[1]

The Collini Case (German: Der Fall Collini) is a 2019 German drama film directed by Marco Kreuzpaintner.^[2] It is based on the eponymous novel by Ferdinand von Schirach.^{[3] [4]}

Cast

• Elyas M'Barek as Caspar Leinen
• Heiner Lauterbach as Richard Mattinger
• Alexandra Maria Lara as Johanna Mayer
• Franco Nero as Fabrizio Collini
• Rainer Bock as Prosecutor Reimers
• Catrin Striebeck as the judge
• Manfred Zapatka as old Hans Meyer
• Jannis Niewöhner as young Hans Meyer
• Pia Stutzenstein as Nina, Caspar's interpreter and eventual secretary
• Peter Prager as Bernhard Leinen, Caspar's father

Reception

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of, based on reviews, with an average rating of . The site's critical consensus reads, "It stumbles a bit during its arguments, but strong performances and a suspenseful story help The Collini Case earn a winning verdict."^[5]

Accolades

The Collini Case won The Cinema for Peace Award for Justice for 2019.^[6]

Notes and References

1. The Collini Case (2019). tt8739752. January 6, 2022.
2. Meza. Ed. German Bestseller 'The Collini Case' to Be Made Into Film by Constantin. Variety. 13 July 2018.
3. Web site: Collini Case, The (Fall Collini, Der). German films. 16 July 2021.
4. News: Rebhandl. Bert. "Der Fall Collini" Im Kino: Aus Mangel an Ideen. de. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. 21 April 2019. 16 July 2021.
5. Web site: The Collini Case (2019). Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. .
6. Web site: Nominations 2020 . 2022-12-30 . Cinema for Peace Foundation . en-US.