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Killer

1991 · 89 min

A wry, offbeat crime caper that balances dark deeds with light, satirical banter for an easy, entertaining watch.

Directed by
Gert Steinheimer
Genres
Crime, Comedy, Thriller
Starring
Karin Schröder, Ulrike Kriener, Michael Mendl
Overview
Tired of never having enough money to spend, Rita and Susanne throw all bourgeois moral concerns straight out of the window and simply become contract killers. With their little heads and guns, they bring a few unpleasant contemporaries around the corner and collect a tidy sum for their own use. The whole thing is so covert that even her husbands Herbert and Ralph don't suspect a thing. But then the cunning private detective Mazulla gets onto their trail and seems to see through their murderous scam...

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Gert Steinheimer
Genres
Crime, Comedy, Thriller
Starring
Karin Schröder, Ulrike Kriener, Michael Mendl
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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • crime
  • greed
  • deception
  • gender
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror3
Humour7
Realism5
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
crime, comedy, thriller
Directed by
Gert Steinheimer
Written by
Frauke Flosbach, Gert Steinheimer
Starring
Karin Schröder, Ulrike Kriener, Michael Mendl, Dietmar Schönherr, Gerhard Piske, Klaus Boysen, Adolf Laimböck, Wolf-Dietrich Berg
Music
Klaus R. Nagel
Cinematography
Ernst Kubitza
Runtime
89 min
Country
Germany
Languages
German

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