Murder Party (1961 film)
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| Directed by | Helmuth Ashley |
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| Based on | Le jeu de l'assassin by Max Pierre Schaeffer[1] |
| Produced by | Claus Hardt Utz Utermann[1] |
| Starring | Magali Noël Harry Meyen Götz George |
| Cinematography | Sven Nykvist [1] |
| Edited by | Walter Boos[1] |
| Music by | Martin Böttcher [1] |
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| Distributed by | Bavaria Film |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
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| Language | German |
Murder Party or Murder Game (German: Mörderspiel, French: Le jeu de l'assassin) is a 1961 mystery crime film directed by Helmut Ashley and starring Magali Noël, Harry Meyen and Götz George.[2][3] It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Herbert Strabel and Rolf Zehetbauer.[4] It featured at the 1962 Locarno Film Festival.
Synopsis
[edit]A group of wealthy bored figures play a game of "murder" at a party. One of them, a killer, uses this as a chance of planting a real body.
Cast
[edit]- Magali Noël as Eva Troger
- Harry Meyen as Klaus Troger
- Götz George as Hein Kersten
- Hanne Wieder as Journalistin Cornelia
- Wolfgang Reichmann as Dr. Rosen
- Anita Höfer as Babsy Lenz
- Georges Rivière as Dahlberg
- Margot Hielscher as Claudia Ahrends
- Heinz Klevenow as Hauser
- Uschi Siebert as Margit Hauser
- Wolfgang Kieling as Kriminalinspektor Arnold
- Ruth Grossi as Frau Rosen
- Armin Dahlen as Kriminalassistent #1
- Balduin Baas as Diener Arthur
- Hans Paetsch as Kriminalkommissar Ullmann
- Robert Graf as Dr. Horn
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h "Mörderspiel". Filmportal.de (in German). Retrieved April 20, 2026.
- ^ Dyer p.231
- ^ Bock & Bergfelder p.153
- ^ https://www.filmportal.de/film/moerderspiel_1a159ed891a14685b098b36b0b968188
Bibliography
[edit]- Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
- Dyer, Richard. Lethal Repetition: Serial Killing in European Cinema. British Film Institute, 2015.
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
External links
[edit]- Murder Party at IMDb
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