The story of a murder in the Black Forest in 1943. Anna, a Polish maid working as a domestic servant, is found dead in a pond one day. She was expecting a child by the farmer Rungerbühler, who murdered her for fear of the "racial disgrace" being discovered. Although the police commissioner soon sees through the circumstances, he has no interest in uncovering the case for his own selfish reasons. Rot, a basket weaver who secretly loved Anna, reacts to her death with a physical breakdown of a profane nature: intestinal obstruction. The character of Joachim Rot and his strange fate are based on a real person.
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Cast
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Gerhard Olschewski
Erwin Hungerbühler
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Wolf-Dietrich Sprenger
Joachim Roth
Known for
The Tunnel
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Nico Hofmann
Ursula Cantieni
Antonia Hungerbühler
Thomas Strittmatter
Eberhard Feik
Kommissar Willi
Known for
Scene of the Crime
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Friedrich Mertel
Heinz Meier
Polizist
Known for
World on a Wire
Ödipussi
Susan Schulte
Britta Pohland
Anna
Manfred Epting
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Edgar Wiesemann
Arzt
Nico Hofmann Director
First release January 1, 1986 · Produced in Germany
Production
Südwestfunk (SWF)
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Germany
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German
Release dates
Germany · January 1, 1986
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No release date listed for United States.
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