Roses for the Prosecutor
19591h 37m
72%
22 TMDB ratings
Directed by Wolfgang Staudte
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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- Release date
- September 24, 1959
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Director
- Wolfgang Staudte
