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The Man in Search of His Murderer: Directed by Robert Siodmak. With Heinz Rühmann, Lien Deyers, Raimund Janitschek, Hans Leibelt. A man in bad sorts hires a burglar to later kill him, then changes his mind when his fortunes turn and must find the contracted murderer before it is too late.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Robert Siodmak
- 1931-02-05
The Man in Search of His Murderer is a 1931 German comedy film directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Heinz Rühmann, Lien Deyers and Hans Leibelt. The film is partially lost; of the original 9 acts, only five remain. It was one of the early leading roles for upcoming German star Heinz Rühmann. Co-writer Billy Wilder was at the beginning of his long career. It was shot at the Babelsberg ...
The Man in Search of His Murderer (German: Der Mann, der seinen Mörder sucht) is a 1931 German comedy film directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Heinz Rühmann, Lien Deyers and Hans Leibelt. [1] The film is partially lost; of the original 9 acts, only five (50 minutes) remain.
Billy Wilder's career-long obsession with suicide finds its footings in this Siodmak-directed film that has just about the greatest premise ever; a man delegating his suicide to a burglar, who first has to make sure with the legal protection department of his crime institution if that is okay, before taking on the assignment.
- Robert Siodmak
- UFA
The laughs that took place off-screen,are mixed on screen into macabre comedy, with Siodmak breaking the limited camera moves of his first sound title with dashing tilts and whip-pans landing on excellent set-pieces which balances the comedic methods used in trying to assassinate Herfort, (a bomb in the pocket) with the Noir fire of a sniper rifle,pushing Herfort nearer to his planned murderer.
The Minus Man is a 1999 thriller film starring Owen Wilson and Janeane Garofalo. It is based on the novel by Lew McCreary , and directed by Hampton Fancher , who also wrote the screenplay . The film centers on a serial killer whom Fancher describes as "a cross between Psycho 's Norman Bates , Melville 's Billy Budd and Being There ' s Chauncey Gardner".
The Man in Search of His Murderer (German: Der Mann, der seinen Mörder sucht) is a 1931 German comedy film directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Heinz Rühmann, Lien Deyers and Hans Leibelt. The film is partially lost; of the original 9 acts only five (50 minutes) are left. It was one of the early leading roles for upcoming German star Heinz Rühmann. Co-writer Billy Wilder was at the ...
