A young shoemaker is arrested for stealing a small amount of money, and is jailed for fifteen years. Upon his release, he wants to get a permit to get a job and start anew, but finds that without a job he can't get a permit, and without a permit he can't get a job. Ensnared in the absurd net of Prussian bureaucracy, he can't see any way out. That is, until he enters a thrift shop and spots a Prussian officer's uniform that fits him like a second skin...

The true story of Dwight Worker, an American who was caught smuggling drugs in Mexico, and sentenced...

A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful pris...

The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number...

Two escaped cons' only prayer to escape is to pass themselves off as priests and pass by the police ...

Three convicts escape from prison on Devil's Island just before Christmas and arrive at a nearby Fre...

In a German town, teacher Irene leads an inconspicuous, boring, lonely life. One day, a man rings at...

Jimmy Kilmartin's an ex-con who's trying to go straight. But he can't say no to a quick driving job ...

Felix Rath is a small and lovable rogue . When he finds handwritten love letters from John F. Kenned...

A stranger enters into and forever alters the life of a couple. He claims to be pursued by certain a...

Hitler no longer believes in himself, and can barely see himself as an equal to even his sheep dog. ...
An abandoned teen jumps a freight train in Philadelphia intent on reaching his uncle in Indiana, who...

Marie Gruber fights tooth and claw to keep her café open. And yet she should be facing her "arch-ene...

When Ruth's husband dies in New York, in 2000, she imposes strict Jewish mourning, which puzzles her...

Thomas, the son of a prison warden, falls for Martin, one of the prison inmates. After Martin is rel...

The story of Washington D.C. radio personality Ralph "Petey" Greene, an ex-con who became a popular ...

A chronicle of the crimes of Ted Bundy, from the perspective of his longtime girlfriend, Elizabeth K...

A posthumous look at the last days of Guenther's life as he, his best friend, and his sister let loo...

The lives of six German-Turkish immigrants are drawn together by circumstance: An old man and a pros...

Karen McCoy is released from prison with nothing but the clothes on her back. Before being incarcera...

Married small-time crooks Lou-Jean and Clovis Poplin lose their baby to the state of Texas and resol...