The Death Maker


1h 54m 1995

Brief Synopsis

Set in 1920s Germany, a docudrama lifted verbatim from a stenographer's record of the meetings between Fritz Haarman, a salesman who confessed to murdering 24 young young men, and Professor Ernst Schultz, who was brought in by the court to dertermine Haarman's sanity.

Film Details

Also Known As
Death Maker, Deathmaker, The, Totmacher, Der
Genre
Adaptation
Biography
Crime
Drama
Period
Release Date
1995
Production Company
Filmf÷rderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein; Warner Bros. Pictures International; Westdeutscher Rundfunk (Wdr)
Distribution Company
Starz / Anchor Bay; Warner Bros. Pictures International

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 54m

Synopsis

Set in 1920s Germany, a docudrama lifted verbatim from a stenographer's record of the meetings between Fritz Haarman, a salesman who confessed to murdering 24 young young men, and Professor Ernst Schultz, who was brought in by the court to dertermine Haarman's sanity.

Film Details

Also Known As
Death Maker, Deathmaker, The, Totmacher, Der
Genre
Adaptation
Biography
Crime
Drama
Period
Release Date
1995
Production Company
Filmf÷rderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein; Warner Bros. Pictures International; Westdeutscher Rundfunk (Wdr)
Distribution Company
Starz / Anchor Bay; Warner Bros. Pictures International

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 54m

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Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Nominated for the 1995 Felix Award for Youn European Film of the Year by the European Film Academy.

Winner of the Coppa Volpi for Best Actor (Goetz George) at the 1995 venice Film Festival.

Released in United States 1995

Released in United States January 1996

Released in United States January 1997

Released in United States on Video January 7, 2003

Shown at Nortel Palm Springs International Film Festival in Palm Springs, California January 9-26, 1997.

Shown at Venice Film Festival (in competition) August 30 - September 9, 1995.

Feature directorial debut for Romauld Karmaker.

Released in United States 1995

Released in United States 1995 (Shown at Venice Film Festival (in competition) August 30 - September 9, 1995.)

Released in United States January 1996 (Shown in Los Angeles (American Cinematheque) as part of program "New Films From Germany" January 12-14, 1996.)

Released in United States January 1997 (Shown at Nortel Palm Springs International Film Festival in Palm Springs, California January 9-26, 1997.)

Released in United States on Video January 7, 2003