Roses for the Prosecutor

Roses for the Prosecutor (1959)


  • Genre: Drama, Comedy
  • Release Date: 1959-09-24
  • User Rating: 6.9/10 from 18 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 37min
  • Language: Deutsch
  • Production Company: Kurt Ulrich Filmproduktion
  • Production Country: Germany
  • Director: Wolfgang Staudte
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Summary

April 1945. Because he stole two bars of chocolate, the soldier Rudi is sentenced to death by the court-martial judge Dr. Schramm. Rudi manages to escape from the firing squad at the last minute, and since the end of the war has been making a meager living as a street peddler. Years later, Dr. Schramm is now a respected public prosecutor. By chance, he runs into Rudi one day on the street. Afraid that Rudi will blow the whistle on him, Dr. Schramm wants to scare him out of town. He has Rudi arrested and bullied by the police.

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  • Martin Held

    as Oberstaatsanwalt Dr. Wilhelm Schramm

  • Walter Giller

    as Rudi Kleinschmidt

  • Ingrid van Bergen

    as Lissy Flemming

  • Camilla Spira

    as Hildegard Schramm

  • Werner Peters

    as Otto Kugler

  • Ralf Wolter

    as Hessel

  • Wolfgang Preiss

    as Generalstaatsanwalt

  • Paul Hartmann

    as Landgerichtspräsident Diefenbach

  • Wolfgang Wahl

    as Defense Counsel

  • Roland Kaiser

    as Schramms Stiefsohn Werner

  • Werner Finck

    as Haase

  • Burghard Ortgies

    as Manfred Schramm

  • Inge Meysel

    as Erna

  • Wolfgang Neuss

    as Paul

  • Wolfgang Müller

    as Karl

  • Henry Lorenzen

    as Graumann

  • Dieter Neckritz

    as Reporter
Directing Wolfgang Staudte Director
Writing Wolfgang Staudte Idea
Sound Raimund Rosenberger Original Music Composer
Production Kurt Ulrich Producer
Production Heinz Willeg Executive Producer
Camera Erich Claunigk Director of Photography
Editing Klaus Eckstein Editor
Art Walter Haag Production Design
Art Hans Kutzner Production Design
Costume & Make-Up Walter Salemann Costume Design
Directing Jerzy Macc Assistant Director
Writing George Hurdalek Screenplay
Costume & Make-Up Fredy Arnold Makeup Artist

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