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You Only Live Once (1952)

You Only Live Once poster
Original title
Man lebt nur einmal
Directed by
Ernst Neubach
Genre
comedy film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 25m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man tries to find the person who wants to kill him. He gets into odd situations while searching for his would-be murderer.

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What happens

You Only Live Once (German: Man lebt nur einmal) is a 1952 West German comedy film directed by Ernst Neubach and starring Theo Lingen, Marina Ried and Rudolf Platte. It was a remake of the 1931 film The Man in Search of His Murderer. It was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by Emil Hasler and Walter Kutz. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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