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Der Geiselgangster von Gladbeck

Der Geiselgangster von Gladbeck

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Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 11, 1991

Runtime

1h 20m

Genres

Documentary, Crime

Original Title

Der Geiselgangster von Gladbeck

Production Companies

SDR, Stuttgart, Süddeutsche TV GmbH

Director

Uta Claus

Description

About the the hostage-taking/bank-robbing gangster Dieter Degowski and a recap of the crimes he committed with Hans-Jürgen Rösner during the Gladbeck hostage drama in August 1988. Some of the relatives of Degowski, along with his Psychiatrist and Psychoanalyst, plus the actual hostages and friends of those killed talk about the trauma they were involuntarily involved in.