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Release Year1974
Runtime1h 33m
LanguageGerman
CertificationNR
GenresCrime
Votes1
DirectorIngrid Sander
WritersIngrid Sander, Werner Toelcke
TypeFeature Film
Rating9.0 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsRückkehr als Toter
About Rückkehr als Toter
Boatman Ahrens from Hamburg has a sense of justice when it comes to finding a missing girl. He goes down illegal paths when he breaks into someone else's villa. He is caught by the millionaire entrepreneur Ofterdinger and his employee. It turns out that everything is connected to the death of a Turkish citizen who came to Hamburg penniless and worked in the port without papers. Ahrens suspects that it must be a crime...
Directed by Ingrid Sander, Rückkehr als Toter leans on a strong ensemble — Werner Toelcke, Heidemarie Wenzel, Dieter Franke — 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 1974.
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