Der Al Capone von der Pfalz
8.5
A highly subjective documentary about the life of “professional criminal“ Bernhard Kimmel, who became a serious criminal as a teenager after the end of the war in 1945 by committing petty crimes with found weapons and made a name for himself as the head of the Palatinate Al-Capone gang in the early 1960s. Peter Fleischmann observed Kimmel between 1970 and 1987, interviewing acquaintances, police officers and repeatedly Kimmel himself, who was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1985 for the murder of a police officer. The grand design of the long-term observation of a human life itself contributes to the creation of legends and is criminologically and psychologically unfounded.
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Theo Berger
Himself
Bernhard Kimmel
Himself
Gustav-Adolf Bähr
Théo Berger
Theo Berger
Christian Virmond
Marcus Off
Erzähler
Known for
A Stork's Journey
Peter Fleischmann
Himself
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Frevel
Al Capone im deutschen Wald
Jean-François Stévenin
Jean-François Stévenin
Known for
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Small Change
Peter Fleischmann Director · Christian Virmond Editor
First release November 8, 1987 · Produced in Germany · Production Südwestfunk
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Hallelujah-Film GmbH
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Südwestfunk
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Germany
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Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · November 8, 1987
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No release date listed for United States.
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