The Illegal (film)

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Movie
Original title The illegal
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 1972
length 275 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Günter Gräwert
script Henry Kolarz
production Manfred Thurau
music Martin Böttcher
camera Horst Schier
cut Stefanie Möbius
occupation

Der Illegale is a three-part German television film from 1972. The plot is based on real experiences of a spy who was smuggled into the Federal Republic by the Soviet secret service in the early 1950s to set up an agent ring.

The material was edited for the film adaptation by the journalist and screenwriter Henry Kolarz , who had previously gained experience in documenting real criminal cases with the three-part Die Gentlemen bitten zur cashier and the two-part Das Millionending .

The actor Götz George can be seen in the main role of the agent Grunwaldt .

action

Part 1: (ZDF: October 1, 1972)

The native Volga German Grunwaldt reported to the Soviet secret service KGB in Berlin-Karlshorst in 1952 . During the Second World War he came to Germany as a so-called Volksdeutscher and was adopted there, although his birth parents were still alive. Now he would like to serve the Soviet secret service in Germany in order to convince his fatherland of his unconditional loyalty to the party and then to be able to enter the Soviet Union again legally. Colonel Korotkow and KGB man Nowak see him as the ideal spy. They give him a new identity, that of the late Kurt Blohm. Katharina is placed at his side, who officially appears as his wife. Grunwaldt is commissioned to set up an agent ring in Bonn. The Czech agent and woman's darling "Klara" is supposed to open gates for him, which is missing because of his unreliability. Finally the waiter Lebrecht, who often works at NATO receptions, opens the gates in Bonn for him. To the delight of the KGB, Grunwaldt receives important information from NATO circles.

Part 2: (ZDF: October 4, 1972)

Despite minor setbacks, Grunwaldt has great success as an agent. Blaschke in particular, brother-in-law of the waiter Lebrecht, proves to be a hit. As a caretaker on site, he succeeds in making many important documents from the French embassy available to the KGB. He even finds the decryption code. The KGB becomes suspicious of these unusual successes and checks whether Grunwaldt is a double agent. Grunwaldt, loyal to the tip of his hair, is upset about it, but passes the test in Moscow and returns to Cologne. There he had established himself with Katharina as a camouflage owner of a sausage stand. Both actually fall in love with each other; after all, Katharina is expecting a child. After his return from Moscow, Grundwaldt met Blascke by chance. One day, while drunk, Blaschke brags about his agent life, which means that Grunwaldt and his wife have to disappear from Cologne.

Part 3: (ZDF: October 7, 1972)

Grunwaldt has to return to the Soviet Union at the behest of the secret service. Despite the high honors he received there, he had great difficulty getting used to life there again. With the help of the KGB, Grunwaldt and Katharina build a new existence in Frankfurt am Main, together with their son André. By opening a pub, they can also give themselves a bogus bourgeois existence again. It was there that Grunwaldt met the slot machine agent, Leinhausen, who initially cheated on him, but later helped ensure that the family had a good income. With the help of the secretary Dora, who marries the KGB agent Rodenstock, and thanks to her unsuspecting superior Lohmann in the Federal Foreign Office, Grunwaldt once again got hold of important secret documents via Rodenstock. When the KGB suspects a double agent in Rodenstock, there is a first break between Grunwaldt and the Russian secret service, because Grunwaldt does not believe in this assumption and expresses criticism of it. A complete break in Grunwaldt's attitude, however, only occurs after the secret service forces his wife to terminate the pregnancy, since the birth of another child could call into question a planned long-term espionage mission in the USA. Because of this, Grunwaldt fled with his family to the west via East Berlin. The agent network he has built is completely exposed.

particularities

The production of the film was supported by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution and the security group of the Federal Criminal Police Office .

The FSK approval of the DVD version is different for each part. In 2010, the 1st part was approved for ages 12 and up, the 2nd part was approved for ages 6 and up, and the 3rd part has no age limit.

media

literature

  • Oliver Kellner & Ulf Marek: Seewolf & Co. - The big four-part adventure series by ZDF , Schwarzkopf and Schwarzkopf

DVD

  • Der Illegale (3 DVDs ), "Street Sweeper" series, ZDF Studio Hamburg Distributions & Marketing GmbH 2010

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Release certificate for Der Illegale . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , July 2010 (PDF; Part 1, test number: 123673V).
  2. ↑ Release certificate for Der Illegale . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry, July 2010 (PDF; Part 2, test number: 123674V).
  3. ↑ Release certificate for Der Illegale . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry, July 2010 (PDF; Part 3, test number: 123675V).