An old man is kidnapped. His interrogation uncovers the biography of a mass murderer: The 80 years old man was a SS leader and responsible for the killing of thousands of people in the Soviet Union. He also "invented" an evil technique of eliminating political prisoners: the manipulated suicide. Thomas Harlan reconstructs the history of a bureaucratic murderer, he also develops a direct connection between the Nationalsocialism and the treatment of prisoners of the RAF terrorists in the Stuttgart isolation prison. Robert Kramer filmed the shooting of Harlan's Wundkanal: Notre Nazi documents a social experiment in which the children of Nazis and of victims meet a real culprit. The reality seems to be stronger that the fiction in Harlan's film. (Edition Filmmuseum)
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Cast
13 people
Alfred Filbert
Dr. S.
Heike Geschonneck
Renée Gundelach
Henri Alekan
Yvette Biro
Thomas Harlan
Also in
Red Line
Thomas Harlan – Moving Shrapnel
Robert Kramer
Known for
L'ennui
The State of Things
Wieland Schulz-Keil
Rolf Niffuag
Libgart Schwarz
Voice
Also in
Braunschlag
The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick
Peter Fitz
Voice
Known for
Werckmeister Harmonies
Au Revoir les Enfants
Wieland Kiel
Voice
No other roles listed
Thomas Harlan Director · Yvette Biro Writer Henri Alekan Cinematographer
First release August 29, 1984 · Produced in Germany, France · Languages French, German
Production
Germany · France
Produced in
Languages
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
French · German
Release dates
Germany · August 29, 1984
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Italy
August 29, 1984 · Venice Film Festival
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