Director: Wolfgang Staudte
Stars: Martin Held, Walter Giller, Ingrid van Bergen
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: West Germany
April 1945. Because he stole two boxes of chocolate, the soldier Rudi is sentenced to death by the court-martial judge Dr. Schramm. Rudi manages to escape from the firing squad at the last minute due to an air force attack, and since the end of the war has been making a meager living as a street peddler. Years later, Dr. Schramm is now a respected public prosecutor. By chance, he runs into Rudi one day on the street.