Der Metzger und der Tote im Haifischbecken

2015 1h 28m DE

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★5.8TMDB · 6

Crime

Synopsis

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Willibald Adrian Metzger restores old furniture, the beauty of which he admires with a good glass of red wine. The amiable loner visits his customers by bicycle because he does not have a driver's license. Usually he only pays attention to old cupboards and chests of drawers, but this time something else piques his interest: a beautiful woman bathing in a lonely mountain lake. The sight promptly knocks him out of the saddle - especially since it is his unfulfilled childhood love Danjela Djurkovic. She doesn't seem to recognize him anymore, because she is only interested in the macabre find at the place where they meet again: a severed finger that is stolen by a bird of prey in the next instant. Is that a dream Willibald and Danjela have a common goal, the Hotel "Sonnenhof" - from whose pool the corpse of a guest has just been fished. The police assume an accident. But before Willibald knows it, the curious Danjela has taken a farewell letter and the dead man's cell phone.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Robert Palfrader
Willibald Adrian Metzger
Dorka Gryllus
Danjela Djurkovic
Christoph Luser
Sascha Friedmann
Gunther Gillian
Jakob Xaver Förster
Aaron Karl
Benedikt Friedmann
Klaus Ofczarek
Hans Hirzinger
Martina Spitzer
Luise Friedmann
Ernst Konarek
Pfarrer Bichler

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Andreas Herzog
Writers: Thomas Raab, Holger Karsten Schmidt
Languages: German
Countries: Germany

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RUNTIME

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88 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 11 years ago.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Part of the "Der Metzger Filmreihe" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Andreas Herzog, shot by Ralf Noack. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Tobias Forth shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Robert Palfrader and Dorka Gryllus and Christoph Luser carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt4483976 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 6 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Andreas Herzog directs. Ralf Noack behind the camera. Tobias Forth cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Germany. Dialogue in German.

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188 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 11 years ago.
3Part of the "Der Metzger Filmreihe" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Andreas Herzog, shot by Ralf Noack. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor Tobias Forth shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Robert Palfrader and Dorka Gryllus and Christoph Luser carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt4483976 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 6 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.