Die Glatzkopfbande (1963)
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Ulrich Thein, Erik S. Klein, Paul Berndt, Brigitte Krause, Erika Dunkelmann, Jutta Wachowiak, Irene Fischer, Klaus Gendries, Hans Knötzsch, Gerhard Lau, Jürgen Rathert, Jürgen Pörschemann, Rolf Römer, Mathilde Danegger, Thomas Weisgerber, Horst Friedrich, Steffie Spira, Carlo Schmidt, Arno Wyzniewski, Günter Meier, Peter Pollatschek, Herbert Graedtke, Monika Hildebrand, Otto Zedler, Jochen Diestelmann, Hans Hardt-Hardtloff
After a fatal construction-site accident, Volkspolizei lieutenant Lothar Czernik investigates as King, a former Foreign Legionnaire from West Berlin, joins a group of young men causing trouble at a Baltic campsite.
The story
A few days after the Berlin Wall is built in 1961, a construction-site accident kills two people. Volkspolizei lieutenant Lothar Czernik investigates and attributes the cause to careless work practices. One person responsible is King, a West Berlin construction worker and former Foreign Legionnaire. On Usedom, he meets other young men who shave their heads, take nicknames as disguises, and harass guests at a Bansin campsite with motorcycles, loud music, and violent behavior. After tire valves are stolen, police are alerted.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
The film takes place a few days after the Berlin Wall was built on August 13, 1961. An accident occurs at a construction site, killing two people. Lieutenant Lothar Czernik, a member of the Volkspolizei, investigates the case and classifies the cause of the accident as careless work practices. One of those responsible is a construction worker from West Berlin, known to his friends as King, who previously served in the Foreign Legion. King meets up with other young men on the Baltic Sea island of Usedom. They shave their heads like Yul Brynner, adopt nicknames as a disguise, and begin harassing guests at a campsite in Bansin with their JAWA and MZ motorcycles, loud music, and violent behavior. The police are alerted after tire valves are stolen. The ensuing situation escalates, and the gang later acts with increasing brutality. Lieutenant Czernik and his colleagues eventually manage to establish a link between the construction-site accident and the gang. The gang members are arrested, including King, who unsuccessfully tries to flee to Sweden.
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