Deathmaker

Deathmaker
Deathmaker
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Romuald Karmakar
Written by	Romuald Karmakar; Michael Farin
Produced by	Christian Granderath; Gebhard Henke; Romuald Karmakar; Thomas Schühly
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;
Running time	115 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

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.

Written byRomuald Karmakar
Michael Farin

Produced byChristian Granderath
Gebhard Henke
Romuald Karmakar
Thomas Schühly

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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]

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