

Roses for the Prosecutor
Drama
Comedy
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. 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.
Status:
Released
Release Date:
1959-09-24
Runtime:
1h 37m
Director:
Wolfgang Staudte
Writer:
George Hurdalek
Top Cast

Martin Held
Oberstaatsanwalt Dr. Wilhelm Schramm

Walter Giller
Rudi Kleinschmidt

Ingrid van Bergen
Lissy Flemming

Camilla Spira
Hildegard Schramm

Werner Peters
Otto Kugler

Ralf Wolter
Hessel

Wolfgang Preiss
Generalstaatsanwalt

Paul Hartmann
Landgerichtspräsident Diefenbach

Wolfgang Wahl
Defense Counsel

Roland Kaiser
Schramms Stiefsohn Werner

Werner Finck
Haase

Burghard Ortgies
Manfred Schramm
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