Tot oder lebendig (1987)
A moderately successful detective with the state police takes in his twin sister's child, a 14-year-old boy who has never been sent to school, does not speak, but seems to possess unusual abilities. A strange bond develops between the two, which takes on irrational traits when it becomes clear that the boy has something to do with strange deaths and can apparently “conjure” the soul out of bodies.
Director: Gisela Zimmermann
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Ludwig Hirsch as Bruno Morlock |
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Sara Kellenberger as Karl de Leeuw |
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Gerhard Hinze as Mordechai Mendelson |
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Elsbeth Janda as Dr. Tanzgeschirr |
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Wolfgang Büttner as Hasso |
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Wolfgang Höper as Kalbstall |
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Klaus Steiger as Dr. Holzwarth |
| Directing | Gisela Zimmermann | Director |
| Writing | Gisela Zimmermann | Writer |
| Production | Goggo Gensch | Producer |
| Sound | Wolfgang Dauner | Music |
| Camera | Michael Gruber | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Hildegard Schröder | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jochen Kleber | Costume Design |