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Harry manages to get into Willi's cell - Marlies is quartered with the ageing prostitute Jutta. Quite a tension between the generations comes up when Harry realises that his father is not the big bank robber, but a small day thief who does not want to flee at all, but only breaks a blanket to celebrate Christmas with his beloved Jutta in her cell to celebrate...
Germany Germany
Mario Adorf Ben Becker Elke Sommer Muriel Baumeister Heinz Hoenig Claude-Oliver Rudolph Martin Semmelrogge Brigitte Janner Gino Lapisarda Vittorio Alfieri Margot Hammerschmidt Adolf Laimböck Bernd E. Jäger von Boxen Dieter Mann Volker Prechtel Wilfried Elste Peter Zingler Edgar Cox Uwe Fellensiek Thierry van Werveke
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