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Murder Party (1961 film)

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Murder Party or Murder Game (German: Mörderspiel, French: Le jeu de l'assassin) is a 1961 mystery crime film directed by Helmut Ashley and starring Magali Noël, Harry Meyen and Götz George.[2][3] It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Herbert Strabel and Rolf Zehetbauer.[4] It featured at the 1962 Locarno Film Festival.

Directed byHelmuth Ashley
Screenplay by
  • Thomas Keck [de]
  • Helmuth Ashley[1]
Based onLe jeu de l'assassin by Max Pierre Schaeffer[1]
Produced byClaus Hardt
Utz Utermann[1]
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Murder Party
Directed byHelmuth Ashley
Screenplay by
  • Thomas Keck [de]
  • Helmuth Ashley[1]
Based onLe jeu de l'assassin by Max Pierre Schaeffer[1]
Produced byClaus Hardt
Utz Utermann[1]
StarringMagali Noël
Harry Meyen
Götz George
CinematographySven Nykvist[1]
Edited byWalter Boos[1]
Music byMartin Böttcher[1]
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Distributed byBavaria Film
Release date
  • 19 October 1961 (1961-10-19)
Running time
84 minutes
Countries
  • West Germany
  • France[1]
LanguageGerman
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A group of wealthy bored figures play a game of "murder" at a party. One of them, a killer, uses this as a chance of planting a real body.

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