Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

Detectives (1969)

Detectives poster
Original title
Detektive
Directed by
Rudolf Thome
Genre
drama film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 31m
Rating
5.3 of 10 from 11 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A pair of private detectives in Munich take on a case. The film follows their routine work and personal lives.

understatedmurkyslow-pacedurban noirgrungymelancholicdryly comicintimate

What happens

Detectives (German: Detektive) is a 1969 West German crime film directed by Rudolf Thome and starring Ulli Lommel, Marquard Bohm and Uschi Obermaier. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and on location around the city. The film was shot during the middle of 1968, but was not given a general release until the following year. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?