Roses for the Prosecutor

Roses for the Prosecutor

Year: 1959

Runtime: 97 mins

Language: German

Director: Wolfgang Staudte

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In April 1945, soldier Rudi is sentenced to death for stealing two chocolate bars by court‑martial judge Dr. Schramm, but he escapes at the last moment and survives the post‑war years as a street peddler. Years later Schramm, now a respected public prosecutor, meets Rudi again. Fearing exposure, Schramm has him arrested and hounded by police to drive him away.

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