Agatha, Stop That Murdering! (German: Agatha, laß das Morden sein!) is a 1960 West German comedy crime film directed by Dietrich Haugk and starring Johanna von Koczian, Klausjürgen Wussow and Elisabeth Flickenschildt.[1] It is a parody both of the ongoing film series of Edgar Wallace adaptations but also the traditions of the mystery novels of Agatha Christie.
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German | Agatha, laß das Morden sein! |
Directed by | Dietrich Haugk |
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Starring | Johanna von Koczian Klausjürgen Wussow Elisabeth Flickenschildt |
Cinematography | Günther Senftleben |
Edited by | Anneliese Schönnenbeck |
Music by | Hans-Martin Majewski |
Production company | Filmaufbau |
Distributed by | Constantin Film |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
Country | West Germany |
Language | German |
The film's sets were designed by the art directors Franz Bi and Bruno Monden. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich.
Plot edit
A famous female crime novelist goes to stay in a country house, where a killer is on the loose.
Cast edit
- Johanna von Koczian as Agatha Scott
- Klausjürgen Wussow as Dr. Peter Brent
- Elisabeth Flickenschildt as Sylvia Brent, his aunt
- Peter Vogel as Edgar Karter
- Hans Dieter Zeidler as David
- Wolfgang Kieling as Philip
- Karl Lieffen as Thomas Lorenzen
- Beppo Brem as Landgendarm
- Egon Vogel as institutional physician
- Paul Bös as coffin seller
- Gudrun Thielemann as secretary
References edit
- ^ Hake, Sabine (2009). Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim (eds.). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. p. 242. doi:10.2307/j.ctt1x76dm6. ISBN 978-1571816559. JSTOR j.ctt1x76dm6. S2CID 252868046.
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