From the Life of the Marionettes

Oct 8, 1980

1h 44m

★ 7.3

The Woman He's About to Touch is a Dream. The Murder He's About to Commit is Not.

Overview

An account of the events before and after a murder committed by a disturbed businessman in a strained marriage, and what led him to perform such a shocking act.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Personafilm

ZDF

ORF

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Cast

Peter Egerman

Robert Atzorn

Katarina Egerman

Christine Buchegger

Mogensjensen

Martin Benrath

Katharina Krafft

Rita Russek

Cordelia Egerman

Lola Müthel

Tim Mandelbaum

Walter Schmidinger

Arthur Brenner

Heinz Bennent

Untersuchungsrichter

Karl Heinz Pelser

Frau Anders

Gaby Dohm

Portier

Toni Berger

Erwin Faber

Heino Hallhuber

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