Purgatory (1971) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1971 · 91 mins · German

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Directed by

Haro Senft

Starring

Valeria Ciangottini, Ingeborg Schöner, Max Buchsbaum, Karl Obermayr, Annemarie Wendl, Julio Pinheiro

Daniel witnesses a street kidnapping, but his police report is ignored. He investigates on his own, growing increasingly doubtful of his surroundings and his actions. The search pulls him into mounting violence, ending with a lethal killing. During the prosecutor’s interrogation he endures a personal purgatory, confronting his awakening.