12 Angry Men
Year: 1957
Country: USA
Director: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Henry Fonda, Martin Balsam, Lee J. Cobb, Joseph Sweeney
Genre: crime, drama
Runtime: 96 min.
Age: 16+
Country: USA
Director: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Henry Fonda, Martin Balsam, Lee J. Cobb, Joseph Sweeney
Genre: crime, drama
Runtime: 96 min.
Age: 16+
A jury holdout attempts to prevent a miscarriage of justice by forcing his colleagues to reconsider the evidence.
The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young man is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begins as an open-and-shut case of murder soon becomes a detective story that presents a succession of clues creating doubt, and a mini-drama of each of the jurors' prejudices and preconceptions about the trial, the accused, and each other. Based on the play, all of the action takes place on the stage of the jury room.
Awards & Festivals:
Academy Awards — Best Director, Best Writing
Berlin International Film Festival
BAFTA Awards — Best Foreign Actor
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists — Best Foreign Film
Jussi Awards — Foreign Actor
Locarno International Film Festival — Special Mention
Writers Guild of America — Best Written American Drama
Berlin International Film Festival
BAFTA Awards — Best Foreign Actor
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists — Best Foreign Film
Jussi Awards — Foreign Actor
Locarno International Film Festival — Special Mention
Writers Guild of America — Best Written American Drama
