Deathmaker

Deathmaker (German: Der Totmacher) is a 1995 German film directed by Romuald Karmakar and starring Götz George, Jürgen Hentsch and Pierre Franckh. The film is based on the transcripts of the interrogation of the notorious serial killer Fritz Haarmann.

Deathmaker
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Romuald Karmakar
Starring	Götz George Jürgen Hentsch Pierre Franckh
Cinematography	Fred Schuler
Edited by	Peter Przygodda
Production company	Pantera Film
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	23 November 1995 (1995-11-23)
Running time	115 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

The film received several awards and nominations. The film was awarded the Deutscher Filmpreis Best Feature Film, Deutscher Filmpreis Best Direction and Deutscher Filmpreis Best Actor in 1996. Götz George also won the Volpi Cup at the Venice Film Festival for his role. It was chosen as Germany's official submission to the 69th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, but did not manage to receive a nomination.^[1][2][3]

Cast

• Götz George - Fritz Haarmann
• Jürgen Hentsch - Prof. Dr. Ernst Schultze
• Pierre Franckh - Stenograph
• Hans-Michael Rehberg - Kommissar Rätz
• Matthias Fuchs - Dr. Machnik
• Marek Harloff - Fürsorgezögling Kress

See also

• List of submissions to the 69th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of German submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film