Roses for the Prosecutor (1959)
- Original title
- Rosen für den Staatsanwalt
- Directed by
- Wolfgang Staudte
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country
- Germany
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Rated
- 12
- Rating
- 7.2 of 10 from 22 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
In post-war Germany, a prosecutor confronts his own past involvement with the Nazis. The film mixes comedy with serious reflections on guilt and justice.
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What happens
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. It was one of the few German movies of the 1950s which openly addressed the German Nazi era. It was shot at the Göttingen Studios in Göttingen near Hanover and above all, in Kassel. The film's sets were designed by the art director Walter Haag. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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