Dorit Amann

The case of Timothy Evans was the first major post-war miscarriage of justice to capture public attention. Of low intelligence, Evans was damned by his own, false confession that he had murdered his wife and daughter. The trial and rightful conviction of John Christie for one of these murders three years later, did not, however, bring about a pardon for Evans. Despite having four alibi witnesses, the 28-year-sailor, who was described by his own defence lawyer as a "semi-civilised savage", was convicted and executed within six months of the murder. Three years after Mr Evans was hanged, John Christie, a neighbour in the house at 10 Rillington Place, confessed to strangling eight female victims - including Beryl and her baby daughter. He too was executed. It was to be many years before the judiciary and the government were to finally allow the late Timothy Evans a pardon.

Inspiré d'anecdotes historiques, ce feuilleton met en scène les mésaventures du Tzigane Arpad au cœur de la Hongrie du XVIIe siècle qui, après avoir subi le joug des Turcs, est occupée par les Autrichiens. Le feuilleton est basé sur un canevas historique, la guerre d'indépendance des Hongrois contre les Autrichiens au début du XVIIIe siècle. Le Tzigane Arpad va sauver le prince Bekeczy et lutter avec lui contre les Autrichiens. Il aura fort à faire pour convaincre ses amis tziganes de sauver le prince et pour mériter l'amour de la belle gitane Rilana.

Am grünen Strand der Spree was a five-part German television movie which first aired in 1960. It was based on a novel by Hans Scholz and has been called a Straßenfeger in German, a television program that was watched by so many, the streets were empty. It was produced by German broadcaster Nord- und Westdeutscher Rundfunkverband in Cologne, Germany.