'A Perfect Crime': Release date, plot, cast and all you need to know about Netflix's post-Cold War docuseries
When it comes to good content on true crime series and documentaries, Netflix does far well than most other services. Even during the coronavirus pandemic, Netflix has been able to regularly churn out feature-length documentaries or docuseries that have kept us occupied over the past few months.
But what makes a true crime series better? When there is espionage involved, of course. Netflix's newest offering 'A Perfect Crime' goes back to after the end of the Cold War era when West and East Germany reunited to form Germany. Detlev Rohwedder was a German politician and a member of the Socialist Democratic Party who was killed in April 1991 by a sniper. To this day, the exact shooter has not been identified, however, the German far-left militant group Red Army Faction (RAF) has claimed responsibility.
Netflix's 'A Perfect Crime' will delve into the mysterious assassination and revisit the case. Read on to know more details about the docuseries.
Release date
'A Perfect Crime' will be available to stream on Netflix from September 25, at 12 am PST.
Plot
In April 1991, Detlev Rohwedder, the head of Treuhand, the East German Privatization and Restructuring Agency, was assassinated in Dusseldorf. The shots were fired from 63 m away from a rifle with a 7.62×51mm NATO standard caliber, the same rifle that was used during the RAF's sniper attack on the American embassy in February.
An inspection of the scene found three cartridge cases, a plastic chair, a towel and a letter claiming responsibility from an RAF commando named after Ulrich Wessel, a minor RAF figure who had died in 1975. The shooter has never been identified. The RAF was a radical left terrorist group that killed 33 people between 1971 and 1993.
In 2001, a DNA analysis found that hair strands from the crime scene belonged to RAF member Wolfgang Grams. The Attorney General did not consider this evidence sufficient to name Grams as a suspect of the killing. The series will examine the available evidence to determine who killed Rohwedder.
Cast
According to IMDb, the cast for 'A Perfect Crime' includes Alfred Hartung, Tobias Kasimirowicz, Beate Malkus, Peter Miklusz, Tom Pilath, Oliver Reissig and Juliane Werner.
Writers
Christian Beetz and Martin Behnke wrote for 'A Perfect Crime'. Christian Beetz is a producer and writer known for 'The Wagner Files', 'Autumn Gold' and 'Mali Blues'. Martin Behnke is a director and writer known for 'We Are Young. We Are Strong.', 'Berlin Alexanderplatz' and 'Latte and the Magic Waterstone'.
Trailer
There is no trailer for 'A Perfect Crime' yet but watch this space for future updates!
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