''Court Martial'' (german: Kriegsgericht) is a 1959 West German

war War is an intense armed conflict between states, governments, societies, or paramilitary groups such as mercenaries, insurgents, and militias. It is generally characterized by extreme violence, destruction, and mortality, using regular o ...

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

Kurt Meisel Kurt Meisel (18 August 1912 – 4 April 1994) was an Austrian actor and film director. He appeared in 65 films between 1934 and 1994. He also directed 21 films between 1949 and 1984. Meisel was married to the actress Ursula Lingen. He was born a ...

and starring

Karlheinz Böhm Karlheinz Böhm (16 March 1928 – 29 May 2014) was an Austrian-German actor and philanthropist. He took part in 45 films and became well known in Austria and Germany for his role as Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria in the Sissi film trilogy a ...

, Christian Wolff and Hans Nielsen.Bock & Bergfelder p. 48 It was entered into the 1959 Cannes Film Festival. The film's sets were designed by the

art director Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...

Ernst H. Albrecht.

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* 1959 films 1959 drama films 1950s war drama films German war drama films 1950s German-language films German black-and-white films West German films Anti-war films about World War II Films about capital punishment Films about miscarriage of justice Films based on non-fiction books Films directed by Kurt Meisel Military courtroom films World War II naval films 1950s German films {{war-drama-film-stub