The Federal Republic of Germany. Journalist Rohmann, seriously injured in a car accident, is dying in hospital. Before his death, he bequeaths his unfinished novel to his friend, the famous writer Frank Seburg, and asks him to complete the work he started. Frank Seburg examines the materials collected by Rohmann. It turns out that the journalist was trying to uncover the mystery surrounding the deaths of several West German officials. According to the official version, they all committed suicide. Seburg was unable to fulfill his friend's request to reveal the true causes of their deaths. The fight against the followers of fascism proved too much for him.
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Horst Drinda
Volker Rochmann
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Lissy
Larisa Luzhina
Lilo Rochmann
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Conscience
Ingrid Sander
Harri Czepuck
Wolfgang Greese
Verleger Ronkwitz
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Ghosts under the Ferris Wheel
Fridolin
Karl Georg Egel
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Anton the Magician
Gerhard Hänsel
Kommissar Schmitz
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The Story of Little Mook
Trace of Stones
Helmut Schreiber
chief of police
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Zur See
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Jutta Wachowiak
laboratory technician
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The Fiancee
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Herwart Grosse
Chief Prosecutor Bürger
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The Gleiwitz Case
Sunday Drivers
Horst Westphal
Lothar Siemann
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Rottenknechte
Gerd Ehlers
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Ingrid Sander Director
First release September 11, 1965 · Produced in Germany, XG
Production
Deutscher Fernsehfunk (DFF)
Production
Germany · XG
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Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · September 11, 1965
TV · (West Germany)
Germany · September 12, 1965
Theatrical · (East Germany)
No release date listed for United States.
Hungary
March 29, 1967
Russia
December 12, 1966 · Theatrical
July 12, 1967 · TV
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