Cast
Götz George Jürgen Hentsch Pierre Franckh Hans-Michael Rehberg Matthias Fuchs Marek Harloff
Credits
Written by: 
Romuald Karmakar Michael Farin
Produced by: Christian Granderath
Plot
In 1924, the serial killer Fritz Haarmann is interrogated by a psychiatrist in a police station in Hanover, in a film that consists almost entirely of the two men talking.
Sinekatalog’s take
A chilling, dialogue-driven chamber piece.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.5 / 10 (2,548 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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