Roses for the Prosecutor
1959, German. Directed by Wolfgang Staudte.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
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Cast & crew
- Wolfgang StaudteDirector
- Martin HeldOberstaatsanwalt Dr. Wilhelm Schramm
- Walter GillerRudi Kleinschmidt
- Ingrid van BergenLissy Flemming
- Camilla SpiraHildegard Schramm
- Werner PetersOtto Kugler
- Ralf WolterHessel
- Wolfgang PreissGeneralstaatsanwalt
- Paul HartmannLandgerichtspräsident Diefenbach
- Wolfgang WahlDefense Counsel
- Roland KaiserSchramms Stiefsohn Werner
- Werner FinckHaase
- Burghard OrtgiesManfred Schramm
Details
- Released
- 24 September 1959
- Original title
- Rosen für den Staatsanwalt
- Country
- Germany
- Written by
- George Hurdalek
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Roses for the Prosecutor runs 97 minutes (1h 37m).
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Roses for the Prosecutor isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 24 September 1959. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed Roses for the Prosecutor?
Roses for the Prosecutor (1959) was directed by Wolfgang Staudte and stars Martin Held, Walter Giller, Ingrid van Bergen.