TV epitaval: The case of Hugo Stinnes jr.

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Episode of the TV episode series
Original title The case of Hugo Stinnes jr.
Country of production GDR
original language German
Production
company		 German television broadcasting
length 98 minutes
classification Episode 4
First broadcast April 24, 1960 on DFF
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Director Wolfgang Luderer
script Friedrich Karl Kaul ,
Walter Jupé
camera Siegfried Peters
Ursula Arnold
Rosemarie Kapp
cut Christel Jung
occupation

The case of Hugo Stinnes jr. is a thriller series Fernsehpitaval of German Television by Wolfgang Luderer from the year 1960th

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After the death of his father Hugo Stinnes in 1924, his son Hugo Stinnes jr. as the main heir to over 1500 companies with around 3000 factories, after he had given him the details of the operational processes in good time. In order to increase the property of his family, Hugo Stinnes jr. Big profits on the stock market with various share purchases .

With fraudulent transactions of bought war bonds , he goes a little too far with his activities. Hoping to cash in on the 10% revaluation, he obtained forged bank certificates from his private secretary Wolf von Waldow in Paris . The expected profit is several million Reichsmarks , which the German Reich has to pay. Von Waldow falls for the fraudulent machinations of his negotiating partner Justizrat Hoeck, who also has fun with his lover Madelaine Grosch.

In 1928 the matter became public and Hugo Stinnes jr. is cited before an examining magistrate in August for large-scale war bond fraud. Here he denies having ever known about a fake and the fraud. After a lengthy interrogation, Stinnes asks if there are any perks if he would confirm the charges, but this is denied. Nevertheless, he suddenly admits that he had known since December 1926 that the whole bond business was based on fraud and swindle. After this confession, the richest man in Germany is immediately arrested and brought to justice in Berlin . Stinnes will later explain that he only made this confession to avoid arrest .

The famous lawyer Max Alsberg manages the release of Hugo Stinnes jr. to reach. But since there must be someone guilty, the private secretary Wolf von Waldow is convicted.

Production and publication

The television film was released as the fourth episode of the television episode and was broadcast for the first time on April 24, 1960 on the DFF .

The book was written by Friedrich Karl Kaul , who also speaks the connecting texts, and Walter Jupé based on authentic court records. Aenne Keller was responsible for the dramaturgy .

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