The Orplid Mystery (1950)

Original title

Epilog - Das Geheimnis der Orplid

Directed by

Helmut Käutner

Genre

drama film, film noir

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 31m

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A man investigates a mysterious death that leads him into a web of secrets. The story unfolds in a shadowy postwar German setting.

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What happens

The Orplid Mystery or Epilogue (German: Epilog: Das Geheimnis der Orplid) is a 1950 West German thriller film directed by Helmut Käutner and starring Horst Caspar, Bettina Moissi, and O.E. Hasse. The film did not perform well at the box office on its release. It was made at the Spandau Studios of CCC Films. The film's sets were designed by the art director Emil Hasler. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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