He ordered a hit on her. Then fell in love. Oops.
A corrupt lawyer hires a killer to murder his client's divorced ex-wife. The start of a true love story.
Acting
Hallwachs sells the unraveling of a hollow man beautifully.
Direction
Richter turns West Germany into a character: cold, concrete, inescapable.
Director
Jochen Richter
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of the '80s German 'Krimi' revival, updating noir tropes for post-war moral exhaustion.
Victoria Tennant left European cinema for Hollywood shortly after; this remains her most unsettling performance.
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