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

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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