Justice Is Done
★ 6.3 · 1950 · 105m · Drama · Mystery
Elsa Lundenstein is accused of having murdered her lover. The jury discusses the case vividly. All members are somehow prejudiced because of personal life experience and subsequently each member reads something different into the presented facts.
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