🎬 Drama, Comedy

Roses for the Prosecutor

⭐ 7.2/10 1959 1h 37m Dir. Wolfgang Staudte

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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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7.2/10 22 votes

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Year
1959
Runtime
1h 37m
TMDB Rating
⭐ 7.2/10
Votes
22
Genre
Drama, Comedy
Language
DE

Cast

🎭 Drama 🎭 Comedy 🎬 Wolfgang Staudte 👤 Martin Held 👤 Walter Giller 👤 Ingrid van Bergen

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Questions about Roses for the Prosecutor

Roses for the Prosecutor has a runtime of 1h 37m (1 hour and 37 minutes).
Roses for the Prosecutor was directed by Wolfgang Staudte and released in 1959.
Roses for the Prosecutor is a Drama, Comedy film (1959).
The cast of Roses for the Prosecutor includes Martin Held, Walter Giller, Ingrid van Bergen, Camilla Spira, Werner Peters.
Roses for the Prosecutor has a TMDB rating of 7.2/10 based on 22 votes.

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