Contergan. Part 2, The trial.

The first part of a dramatised film, based on historical evidence, about the effects of the drug Contergan (thalidomide) on the German population. This part follows the trial against Grunenthal, the drug company that marketed Contergan, in detail. The fictional character of the lawyer, Paul Wegener, and his wife Vera, who had a baby strongly affected by Contergan, attempt to lead their lives with a severely disabled daughter, now around eight years old. Vera decides to testify in the court. Interwoven around the lengthy court case, the family fall apart and Paul moves out of the family home. In the end, Grunenthal settle for 100 million DM, the largest court settlement ever to have been made in German history.