Just before Christmas 1987, three masked men kidnap the children of drugstore king Anton Schlecker and demand 9.6 million deutschmarks for their release – the highest ever ransom in the history of the Federal Republic. The crime is not solved until eleven years later. The public is astonished: the three offenders are of retirement age and had committed many serious crimes behind the mantle of respectability. The film tells the story of a spectacular murder case and a (nearly) perfect camouflage.

Written and directed by Roland May Production manager Jörg Kunkel Executive producer Andreas Knoblauch Producer Dr. Thomas Schuhbauer Editorial department Gerolf Karwath Head of production Ulrich Lenze Produced for SWR Shooting period July to August 2003 : 16.02.2004 » back