The prosecutor has the floor: A drachma from Syracuse

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Episode in the series The Prosecutor has the floor
Original title A drachma from Syracuse
Country of production German Democratic Republic
original language German
Production
company		 Television of the GDR
length 75 minutes
classification Episode 53 ( List )
First broadcast August 23, 1977 on GDR 1
Rod
Director Vera Loebner
script Ingeborg Nössig
Käthe Riemann
production Peter Sommer
for GDR television
camera Horst Klewe
Rosi Sundt
Gabriele Merkel
Iris Steegemann
Wolf Wulf
cut Dagmar Brähmisch
Monika Wille
occupation

A Drachma from Syracuse is a German crime film by Vera Loebner from 1977. The television film was released as the 53rd episode in the film series The Public Prosecutor Has the Word .

action

Hansi Leuner finished his military service six months ago and has no plans for his future. He doesn't want to take over his father Bernhard's ceramics company, even if he has big plans for him. He is doing rescue training at the DRK and works as a guardian in an outdoor swimming pool. One day he rescues Hans-Dietrich Kermer from Stuttgart , who overturned his boat, from the water. Kermer refrains from being checked by a doctor and gives Hansi's sister Manuela, who happens to be present, his necklace, which he allegedly received from his daughter. At home, Manuela raves about the friendly man and shows her stepmother Renate the necklace. She immediately recognizes that the pendant is an ancient drachma from Syracuse . She herself owns such a necklace, which she received from Kermer a long time ago. They were a couple at the time and she was expecting a child from him. This was eventually born dead. Renate is now active as a dog breeder and is Bernhard's second wife. With Hansi and Manuela, he has two children from his first marriage and especially the adult Hansi is critical of the new stepmother. He thinks she's only after her father's money. He has been collecting coins since childhood and his private collection is now of considerable value. Bernhard's father Brähbusch, who also lives in the Leuners' house, is also a passionate collector: he invests in postage stamps and is proud to finally own the rare Bavarian series of digits in full.

Kermer re-enters Renate's life through his alleged rescue and begins semi-legal business with her. She sells rings and bracelets made of gold coins to customers of her dog salon. At the same time she places advertisements in various newspapers in order to acquire rare coins, stamps and manuscripts, which she in turn passes on to Kermer via a dead mailbox. Meanwhile, Kermer also does business with Bernhard, without Renate knowing about it. He had asked Bernhard to give him a list of the coins he was looking for. One day Kermer was able to offer him a rare emergency coin from 1923, which had a market value of around 10,000 marks. However, Kermer does not want money, but rather exchange. Because he desperately wants the coin, Bernhard steals the Bavarian series of digits from his father and passes it on to Kermer. Grandfather Brähbusch reports the disappearance of the stamps to the police. A house search remains without result. At a carnival party, Kermer learns that the police are looking for the brands that he now has. He persuades Bernhard to fake a break-in in his father's apartment, in which nothing is stolen, in order to make the old man appear untrustworthy. When Bernhard is in the process of ravaging his father's room, Hansi catches him in the act. Bernhard asks his son to help him, but he refuses, as he has already suspected that something is wrong with Kermer and that he is dragging his family into criminal activities.

Kermer is arrested when leaving the GDR; stamps, coins and valuable manuscripts are discovered there. Kermer is sentenced to a fine and five years imprisonment for illegally importing and exporting goods and illegally circulating currency. Bernhard has to pay a fine and three years in prison for theft, illegal currency in circulation and customs stealing. Renate has to go to jail for 1.5 years and is fined equal to the profit she has made from the business.

production

A drachma from Syracuse , which is based on a true court case, was shot in Quedlinburg , among other places . Ursula Rotte created the costumes, Anna Diestel designed the film . The film had its television premiere on August 23, 1977 on DDR 1 .

It was the 53rd episode in the film series The Public Prosecutor has the floor and one of the few episodes devoted to crimes related to Germany. The introductory words as well as the final reading of the verdict come from the public prosecutor at the Public Prosecutor's Office of the GDR, Dr. Peter Przybylski . Przybylski's appearances were missing in later broadcasts and the final verdict was announced on tablets that were read from the off.

The film includes the songs Crocodile Theophil by Václav Neckář , White Boat by the Red Guitars and an instrumental version by Paloma Blanca .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See filmstadt-quedlinburg.de
  2. ↑ Ingrid Brück: The German television crime thriller: A program and production history from the beginning until today . Metzler, Stuttgart 2003, p. 59.
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