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Poison in the Zoo (1952)

Poison in the Zoo poster
Original title
Gift im Zoo
Directed by
Wolfgang Staudte, Hans Müller
Genre
thriller film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 22m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A mysterious death occurs at a zoo and suspicion falls on the staff. A detective investigates the secrets and tensions among the zookeepers and their families.

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What happens

Poison in the Zoo (German: Gift im Zoo) is a 1952 West German thriller film directed by Hans Müller and Wolfgang Staudte and starring Irene von Meyendorff, Carl Raddatz and Petra Peters. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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