Immensity of Justice

Bezmiar sprawiedliwości, 2006, 127 min.

Immensity of Justice (2006)

Production

Director Wieslaw Saniewski
Screenplay Wieslaw Saniewski
Cinematography Mariusz Palej
Music Maciej Muraszko
Art Director Marta Krieger
Producer Wieslam Saniewski

Cast

Michal Wilczek Jan Frycz
Lukasz Robert Olech
Bozena Bozena Stachura
Pawel Bos Jan Englert
Prosecutor Artur Barcis
Jerzy Artur Zmijewski
Juge Robert Gonera
Kamila Danuta Stenka
Clerk of the court Weronika Rosati
Story

A famous defense lawyer tells a young law school graduate the story of a trial which took place a long time ago. A TV journalist, who was then eight months pregnant, was murdered. Her co¬worker, a married man, with whom she had been having an affair for a year, had been accused. Despite pleading not guilty and the lack of any evidence against him, he was convicted to 25 years in prison.

The film is an analysis of court trials and the process of passing sentences in criminal cases based on only circumstantial evidence, when the judge’s and defense lawyer’s conduct is solely determined by external circumstances, not directly related to the case.

First of all, this film attempts to describe human nature: the state of mind of people who, judging others, often determine their fate.