Movie: Der Geiselgangster von Gladbeck

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Dieter Degowski
Dieter Degowski

Uta Claus
Uta Claus

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Hans-Jürgen Rösner
Hans-Jürgen Rösner

Petra Degowski
Petra Degowski

Silke Bischoff
Silke Bischoff

Ines Falk
Ines Falk

Manfred Faulenbach
Manfred Faulenbach

Ulrike Degowski
Ulrike Degowski

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    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.

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    1991-04-11

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