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Mörderische Suche

2004 · 89 min

A tense, grounded crime thriller that pulls you into a wife's anxious unraveling of her husband's double life abroad.

Directed by
Johannes Grieser
Genres
Crime
Starring
Ann-Kathrin Kramer, Christoph Waltz, Jörg Schüttauf
Overview
Katharina’s husband Richard vanishes in Prague. She uncovers his fake EU job, affair with Vera, and theft from the Russian mafia after Vera’s father’s murder. With help from undercover cop Bové, she learns Richard isn’t a killer but entangled in crime, then boldly confronts mafia boss Orlov.

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Directed by
Johannes Grieser
Genres
Crime
Starring
Ann-Kathrin Kramer, Christoph Waltz, Jörg Schüttauf
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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • betrayal
  • deception
  • crime
  • conspiracy
  • loyalty
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror2
Humour1
Realism7
Romance3
Tension7
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
crime
Directed by
Johannes Grieser
Written by
Edeltraud Rabitzer
Starring
Ann-Kathrin Kramer, Christoph Waltz, Jörg Schüttauf, Michaela Kuklová, Michal Pavlata, Jan Skopeček, Zdeněk Maryška, Martin Hofmann
Runtime
89 min
Country
Czech Republic, Germany
Languages
Czech, German

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