A Perfect Crime

A measured, detail-heavy true-crime documentary that reconstructs an unsolved political assassination with a lingering sense of uncertainty.

Created by

Christian Beetz, Georg Tschurtschenthaler

Genres

Documentary

Starring

Oliver Reissig, Beate Malkus, Tom Pilath

Tagline

Martyr. Capitalist. Occupier. Victim.

Overview

In April 1991, Detlev Rohwedder, the head of Treuhand, the East German Privatization and Restructuring Agency, was assassinated in Dusseldorf. This documentary details the strange evidence recovered.

How it feels

Tense, dark, melancholic and earnest. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Politics, crime, mystery, power

Content

Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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