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Looking for His Murderer

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Original title

Der Mann, der seinen Mörder sucht

Year

1931

Running time

97 min.

Country

Germany

Director

Robert Siodmak

Screenwriter

Ludwig Hirschfeld, Curt Siodmak, Billy Wilder. Play: Ernst Neubach. Novel: Jules Verne

Cast

Music

Friedrich Hollaender, Franz Waxman

Cinematography

Otto Baecker, Konstantin Irmen-Tschet (B&W)

Producer

U.F.A

Genre

Comedy. Thriller

Synopsis

It starts straight away with our young hero trying to shoot a bullet into his head. No explanation whatsoever is given as to his motives – moviegoers in the Germany of 1931 obviously did not need any. He is disturbed by a burglar and puts a contract on himself, so to speak. The burglar tells him that he will hit him in the near future and dutifully makes a cross on his back with a piece of chalk – not unlike the ‚M' in Fritz Lang's movie of the same year. With the cross on his back the young hero goes to a nightclub – and falls in love with a young girl. Of course he tries to rescind from the contract and desperately looks for the burglar, only to learn that he had passed on the job to a subcontractor! Not just any subcontractor, but the very same Jim, the man with the scar, as he solemnly declares.

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Looking for His Murderer

1931

Robert Siodmak

6.6

(42)