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Cast
Siegfried Lowitz
as John Marojan
Helmut Qualtinger
as Rudi Böhm
Günter Pfitzmann
as Werner Lehmann
Ingrid van Bergen
as Ileana Marojan
Manfred Heidmann
as Dr. Erik Gilbert
Elisabeth Wiedemann
as Ursula
Udo Vioff
as Günter Schmidt
Christiane Schröder
as Dr. Jolanda Schmidt
Paul Klinger
as Kriminalrat Rose
Henning Schlüter
as Beamter vom Verfassungsschutz
Movie Info & Details
Release Year1969
Runtime1h 40m
LanguageGerman
CertificationNR
GenresCrime
Votes1
DirectorHelmut Käutner
WritersIstván Békeffy
TypeFeature Film
Rating7.0 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsDiary of a Serial Killer
About Diary of a Serial Killer
Böhm, a young marriage swindler, meets up with an old school friend who works as a writer. Lehmann writes sensational factual reports about spies and murderers. When Mr. Böhm learns that he can make money by claiming to be a murderer, he pretends to be a woman-killer. His old school friend Lehmann then takes him to his agent Mr. Marojan. While the "factual report" is in full swing, the police discover the truth, namely that Böhm is not a murderer at all. So as not to disappoint the magazines, Böhm, Lehmann and agent Marojan come up with a perfidious plan: Böhm is actually to murder women. A victim is soon found, but "woman killer" Böhm makes a fatal mistake...
Directed by Helmut Käutner, Diary of a Serial Killer leans on a strong ensemble — Siegfried Lowitz, Helmut Qualtinger, Günter Pfitzmann — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about crime titles of 1969.
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