| God on Trial | |
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| Directed by | Andy De Emmony |
| Written by | Frank Cottrell-Boyce |
| Produced by | Mark Redhead Jemma Rodgers Anne Mensah |
| Starring | Antony Sher Rupert Graves Jack Shepherd Dominic Cooper Eddie Marsan Stellan Skarsgård |
| Music by | Nick Green Tristin Norwell |
| Distributed by | Hat Trick Productions |
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Running time | 90 min. |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
God on Trial is a 2008 British television play written by Frank Cottrell-Boyce, starring Antony Sher, Rupert Graves and Jack Shepherd. The play takes place in Auschwitz during World War II. The Jewish prisoners put God on trial in absentia for abandoning the Jewish people. The question is whether God has broken his covenant with the Jewish people by allowing the Germans to commit genocide on them.[1] It was produced and shown by the BBC on 3 September 2008. Production was supported by PBS, which screened the play as part of its Masterpiece anthology.
The play is based on the Elie Wiesel play The Trial of God. Cottrell-Boyce describes this tale as "apocryphal".[2] Wiesel later stated that the event was true, and that he had witnessed it.[3] According to Cottrell-Boyce, producer Mark Redhead "had been trying to turn the story into a film for almost 20 years by the time he called me in 2005 to write the screenplay."[2]
- ^ Pettie, Andrew (30 August 2008). "God on Trial". Telegraph. Retrieved 4 September 2008.[dead link]
- ^ a b Cottrell-Boyce, F. C. (19 August 2008). "Losing my religion". Guardian. Retrieved 4 September 2008.
- ^ "Wiesel: Yes, we really did put God on trial". www.thejc.com. Archived from the original on 21 May 2010. Retrieved 3 July 2016.