Die Konsequenz (The Consequence) is a 1977 West German made for television film directed and co-written by Wolfgang Petersen, starring Jürgen Prochnow and Ernst Hannawald. The screenplay is an adaptation of the 1975 autobiographical novel of the same name by Alexander Ziegler, who also co-wrote with Petersen. The film premiered on ARD on 8 November 1977.