The Investigator

dir. Victor Portel / 2022 / Czech Republic, Croatia / 74min.
Former investigator of The Hague Tribunal returns to the Balkans, to places where the war crimes were committed nearly 30 years ago. Can justice be brought from the outside?

Former investigator of The Hague Tribunal returns to the Balkans, to places where the war crimes were committed nearly 30 years ago. Can justice be brought from the outside? Vladimír Dzuro is the first Czech investigator to have worked for the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. He collected evidence against war criminals and hunted perpetrators of ethnic cleansing. What happened to the people who still live there and to their memory? What is the significance and meaning of justice brought from the outside? 

duration:
74 min
country / year of production:
Czech Republic, Croatia / 2022
director:
Victor Portel
cinematography:
Simon Dvoracek
producer:
Hana Blaha Silarova / Frame Films
selected festivals and awards:
2022 – Jihlava IFF, 2022 – FIPADOC
sections:
Man in Cinema
competitions:
Amnesty International Poland Award
tags:
history human rights war court

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