Deathmaker (1995)

Original title

Der Totmacher

Directed by

Romuald Karmakar

Genre

drama film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 50m

Rated

12

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 43 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A German film based on transcripts of police interrogations of a notorious serial killer. It focuses on the psychological confrontation between the killer and the interrogators in a single room.

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What happens

Deathmaker (German: Der Totmacher) is a 1995 German film directed by Romuald Karmakar and starring Götz George, Jürgen Hentsch and Pierre Franckh. The film is based on the transcripts of the interrogation of the notorious serial killer Fritz Haarmann. The film received several awards and nominations. The film was awarded the Deutscher Filmpreis Best Feature Film, Deutscher Filmpreis Best Direction and Deutscher Filmpreis Best Actor in 1996. Götz George also won the Volpi Cup at the Venice Film Festival for his role. It was chosen as Germany's official submission to the 69th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, but did not manage to receive a nomination. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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