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Knife in the Back

Ottokar Runze

1975

  • Drama
10.0

At night, a violent confrontation between a pimp and a Greek guest worker takes place on Hamburg's Reeperbahn, resulting in the latter's death. In the subsequent trial before a jury, contradictory statements make it difficult to decide whether this was an intentional act or an accident.

Cast & crew

  • Ottokar RunzeDirector
  • Hans BrennerHans Eder
  • Karl-Heinz VosgerauWerner
  • Hellmut LangeUntersuchungsrichter
  • Fritz HollenbeckVerteidiger
  • Barbara ValentinProstituierte
  • Isolde BarthProstituierte
  • Lutz MackensyRichter
  • Günter LamprechtSchöffe

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