 In 1970, an East German television miniseries Jeder stirbt für sich allein was directed by Hans-Joachim Kasprzik and produced by DEFA.The West German film "Jeder stirbt für sich allein" was directed by Alfred Vohrer in 1975, released internationally in English as "Everyone Dies Alone" in 1976; and in 2004, it was produced as a three-part television miniseries in the Czech Republic.In 2012, the film rights were acquired by Vincent Pérez and Stefan Arndt.