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Roses for the Prosecutor (German: Rosen für den Staatsanwalt) is a 1959 West German comedy film with tragical and critical elements, directed by Wolfgang Staudte and starring Martin Held, Walter Giller and Ingrid van Bergen.
Overview. 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.
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- Martin Held
- Wolfgang Staudte
- Kurt Ulrich Filmproduktion
For buying two bars of chocolate on the black market during the last days of World War II, Pvt. Rudi Kleinschmidt is given the death penalty by Wilhelm Schramm, a fanatical Nazi prosecutor, but an Allied air raid enables Rudi to escape before the sentence can be carried out.
- Wolfgang Staudte
- Walter Giller
Directed by Wolfgang Staudte. Starring Martin Held, Walter Giller and Ingrid van Bergen. Roses for the Prosecutor Blu-ray : https://amzn.to/3yUtvNK Roses for the Prosecutor DVD :...
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One day, to the great amazement of his family, the public prosecutor Dr. Schramm receives those roses. The flowers are in fact a sign of a woman whose husband was now able to flee across the border by Schramm's grace before his sentence.
Roses for the Prosecutor (1959) Roses for the Prosecutor (1959) View more photos Movie Info. Director Wolfgang Staudte. Screenwriter George Hurdalek. Genre Drama. Original Language German.
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