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Negresco

1968 · 95 min

A stylish, slow-burning Euro-thriller that glides from Berlin to the Riviera, mixing glamour with quiet menace and romantic unease.

Directed by
Klaus Lemke
Genres
Romance, Crime, Drama
Starring
Ira von Fürstenberg, Gérard Blain, Serge Marquand
Overview
The wife of a jet-set millionaire takes a holiday in Berlin and poses for racy photographs. These are stolen, a man is killed, and she decamps to the French Riviera with a different photographer, who may also now be in danger.

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Directed by
Klaus Lemke
Genres
Romance, Crime, Drama
Starring
Ira von Fürstenberg, Gérard Blain, Serge Marquand
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • deception
  • betrayal
  • obsession
  • crime
  • love
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour2
Realism6
Romance5
Tension6
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
romance, crime, drama
Directed by
Klaus Lemke
Written by
Ingo Hermes, Klaus Lemke, Max Zihlmann
Starring
Ira von Fürstenberg, Gérard Blain, Serge Marquand, Christa Linder, Ricky Cooper, Volker Heim, Paul Hubschmid, Karsten Peters
Music
Klaus Doldinger
Cinematography
Michael Marszalek
Runtime
95 min
Country
Germany
Languages
German

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