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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.
Original Release
11/23/1995
US Release
11/23/1995
Cast
Name | Character |
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Götz George | Fritz Haarmann |
Jürgen Hentsch | Prof. Dr. Ernst Schultze |
Pierre Franckh | Stenograph |
Hans-Michael Rehberg | Kommisar Raetz / Kommissar Rätz |
Matthias Fuchs | Dr. Machnik |
Marek Harloff | Kress / Fürsorgezögling Kress |
Christian Honhold | Arzt / Wärter Schweimler |
Rainer Feisthorn | Arzt |
Directors
Writers
Romuald Karmakar, Michael Farin
Cast
Name | Character |
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Götz George | Fritz Haarmann |
Jürgen Hentsch | Prof. Dr. Ernst Schultze |
Pierre Franckh | Stenograph |
Hans-Michael Rehberg | Kommisar Raetz / Kommissar Rätz |
Matthias Fuchs | Dr. Machnik |
Marek Harloff | Kress / Fürsorgezögling Kress |
Christian Honhold | Arzt / Wärter Schweimler |
Rainer Feisthorn | Arzt |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Peter Herrmann | Executive Producer |
Romuald Karmakar | Producer |
Stefan Eberlein | Producer |
Christian Granderath | Producer |
Gebhard Henke | Producer |
Thomas Schühly | Producer |