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Der Sandmann(1995)
Status: Released
Date: 1995-10-04
53%
8 Votes
Time: 1h 35m
Overview:
The ambitious young Ina Littmann is an investigative journalist for the TV talk show "Eye in Eye". Her current subject is Henry Kupfer, who wrote a bestseller about a psychopathic killer after he was himself in prison for 8 years for manslaughter. As an entry for the show Ina plans to use a current series of brutal murders among prostitutes. When Ina meets Kupfer, she is despised and fascinated at the same time. Soon she's convinced that Kupfer not only writes about murders, but commits them himself. She smells a smash hit and prepares to prove him guilty on the show.
Languages: German.
Countries:
Germany
ProductionCompanies:
RTL2
teamWorx
Movie: Der Sandmann
Top 10 Billed Cast
Götz George
Henry Kupfer
Karoline Eichhorn
Ina Littmann
Barbara Rudnik
Sabine Ammann
Martin Armknecht
Volker Lommel
Jürgen Hentsch
Hauptkommissar Stolpe
Matthias Fuchs
Zwick
Michael Brandner
Hermann Krieger
Rudolf Kowalski
Neuhaus
Michael Schenk
Günther
Wolfgang Pregler
Alfons 'Alf' Becher
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The ambitious young Ina Littmann is an investigative journalist for the TV talk show "Eye in Eye". Her current subject is Henry Kupfer, who wrote a bestseller about a psychopathic killer after he was himself in prison for 8 years for manslaughter. As an entry for the show Ina plans to use a current series of brutal murders among prostitutes. When Ina meets Kupfer, she is despised and fascinated at the same time. Soon she's convinced that Kupfer not only writes about murders, but commits them himself. She smells a smash hit and prepares to prove him guilty on the show.
Release Date
1995-10-04
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