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Der Täter ist unter uns

1944 · 88 min

A shadowy, methodical whodunit that keeps you leaning in, piecing clues together as the night closes in.

Overview
A badly lit street; a car driving too fast; squealing tires .... a car crashes into a construction site. When the police arrive on the scene, the driver is gone. In the vehicle, however, the cops find film with photos of the almost worthless stock of the closed-down Motapa Mining Firm. The originals of the stock are in a bank safe, to which only selected employees of the firm have access. So who made these pictures and what is his or her interest in them?

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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 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
  • crime
  • mystery
  • deception
  • greed
  • corruption
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • procedural
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror2
Humour2
Realism7
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
crime
Directed by
Herbert B. Fredersdorf
Starring
Paul Dahlke, Margot Hielscher, O.E. Hasse, Albert Hehn, Fritz Odemar, Alice Treff, Joseph Offenbach, Margarete Haagen
Runtime
88 min
Country
Germany
Languages
German

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