The film describes the activity of an ABV of the People's Police in its section in East Berlin. A mixture of “positive” characters from the beginning, the extensively staged “owl”, who is introduced as a criminal and over the course of time, especially due to the influence of the ABV, develops into a good citizen, and incorrigible characters, with whom the ABV fails with its extensive attempts at rehabilitation and who are arrested after having committed again offenses.
| Release Date | October 26, 1974 | |
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| Status | Released | |
| Original Title | Der Leutnant vom Schwanenkietz | |
| Runtime | 3h 30min | |
| Budget | — | |
| Revenue | — | |
| Language | German | |
| Original Language | German | |
| Production Countries | East Germany, Germany | |
| Production Companies | Fernsehen der DDR | |