After eleven years spent in solitary confinement for the murder of a policeman, Perahim is released prematurely due to unusually good conduct. He has a son, whom he now wishes to look after. Whilst in prison, Perahim learnt the trade of a carpenter and now wants nothing more than to open his own workshop. But nobody believes him.
Chief Inspector Catran, Perahim’s longtime enemy, distrusts him as much as Bogini, a
former accomplice, does. Perahim tries to avoid them all: his former pals from the underworld, with whom he no longer wants anything to do with; the Police Commissioner, for whom he neither wants to serve as a spy, nor as a decoy; and Rosa, a nightclub singer and former lover, who wants him all to herself. But he doesn’t succeed.
CAST:
Perahim: Heinz Bennent
Catran: Leon Askin
Rosa: Blanche Aubry
Bogini: Richard Münch
Anna: Anna Martins
Goller: Michael Janisch
Kress: Kurt Jaggberg
Vera: Annemarie Düringer
Claire: Kathina Kaiser
CREW:
Director: Hans W. Geißendörfer
Scrrenplay: Hans W. Geißendörfer, based on the novel “Gangster Maximilian Perahim” bz C.V. Gheorghiu
Director of photography: Robby Müller
Production: Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen
Germany 1973/74 | First screening on TV: 13.5.1974 | 104 minutes
Drama | Germany 1973
Directed byHans W. GeißendörferScriptHans W. GeißendörferYear1973