Der Tanz mit dem Teufel - Die Entführung des Richard Oetker (2001) on Netflix
Richard Oetker, a rich college student, is abducted and held for a large ransom. State police officer Georg Kufbach takes on the case, determined to find whoever took him.
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Plot summary
When wealthy college student Richard Oetker is kidnapped and held for a hefty ransom, state police officer Georg Kufbach becomes obsessed with bringing the kidnapper to justice. This film is based on a true story.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Der Tanz mit dem Teufel - Die Entführung des Richard Oetker (2001)
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- Richard Oetker, who still suffers severe physical impairments, had repeatedly spoken out against filming his ordeal, but agreed to let his story be filmed to preempt a film the kidnapper was also planning.
- The convicted kidnapper Dieter Zlof supplied background information for the film in return for an undisclosed sum of money, which let the crime be reconstructed in detail.
- The film is based on the real 1976 kidnapping of Richard Oetker, a 25-year-old industrialist's son seized at a university car park and held for 47 hours in a wooden crate; his kidnapper extorted nearly 21 million DM from his family.
- To protect the personal rights of those involved, the film changed the names of the kidnapper Dieter Zlof and the investigator Helmut Bauer, but kept the name of the victim.
