The prosecutor has the floor: The call came too late

Episode in the series The Prosecutor has the floor
Original title	The call came too late
Country of production	German Democratic Republic
original language	German
Production company	GDR television
length	64 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
classification	Episode 23 ( list )
First broadcast	June 20, 1972 on GDR 1
Rod
Director	Hans-Hartmut Krüger
script	Alexander of Mellin
production	Heinz Wennemers
camera	Gerhard Gitschier , Sigrid Vahldieck , Bernd Klockiewicz , Bernd Müller , Harald Swiercz
cut	Dagmar Brähmisch
occupation
Uwe Kockisch : Peter Hausmann Elvira Schuster : Karin Stock Jessy Rameik : Doris Hausmann Hannjo Hasse : Mr. Hausmann Norbert Eliasch : Günter Hausmann Susanne Düllmann : Mrs. Stock Gerhard Lau : Hermann Stock Dietmar Obst : Jürgen "Krücke" Stock Helmut Schreiber : Dr Fabri Karl Sturm : Bartender Freddy Rainer Büttner : Plaice Manfred Struck : Mäcky Isa Sander-Wolter : Anja Erika Stiska : Mrs. Bickel Rosemarie Quednau : Miss Mertens

The call came too late is a German television film by Hans-Hartmut Krüger from 1972. The criminological television play appeared as the 23rd episode in the film series The Public Prosecutor Has the Word .

action

17-year-old Peter lives with his brother with their divorced mother. When the low-contact boy meets the girl Karin, he tries to be accepted into her circle of friends. Following the example of his mother, he believes that he can impress by procuring western consumer goods. That fails. But through Karin a new world opens up for the boy. He doesn't want to lose her at any cost. And when the jointly planned camping trip threatens to burst due to the intervention of his mother, he loses the ground beneath his feet. Instead of confiding in Karin, he decides to steal.

production

The call came too late in 1972 in the area of ​​responsibility of GDR television, area entertaining drama - HA: series production, dept. “The public prosecutor has the floor”. Heinz-Helmut Bruder was responsible for the production design, Ursula Rotte for the costumes , Käthe Riemann for the dramaturgy and Peter Przybylski for the commentaries .

literature

• Andrea Guder: Comrade Hauptmann on the hunt for criminals . ARCult Media, Bonn 2003, pp. 107-112.

Web links

• The prosecutor has the floor: The call came too late in the Internet Movie Database (English)

previous episode May 4, 1972: Going it alone

The public prosecutor has the floor

next episode August 22, 1972: The illegal designer