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Roses for the Prosecutor

Roses for the Prosecutor

Original title
Rosen Für den Staatsanwalt
Year
1959
Gender
Drama
Director
Wolfgang Staudte
Country
Germany
Details
97 minutes / black & white / sound

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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