# Deathmaker > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Deathmaker > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Deathmaker.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deathmaker > Source revision: 1355325338 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1995 film Deathmaker Theatrical release poster Directed by Romuald Karmakar Written by Romuald Karmakar Michael Farin Produced by Christian Granderath Gebhard Henke Romuald Karmakar Thomas Schühly Starring Götz George Jürgen Hentsch Pierre Franckh Cinematography Fred Schuler Edited by Peter Przygodda Production company Pantera Film Distributed by Warner Bros. Release date 23 November 1995 (1995-11-23) Running time 115 minutes Country Germany Language German ***Deathmaker*** ([German](/source/German_language): ***Der Totmacher***) is a 1995 German film directed by [Romuald Karmakar](/source/Romuald_Karmakar) and starring [Götz George](/source/G%C3%B6tz_George), [Jürgen Hentsch](/source/J%C3%BCrgen_Hentsch) and [Pierre Franckh](/source/Pierre_Franckh). The film is based on the transcripts of the interrogation of the notorious serial killer [Fritz Haarmann](/source/Fritz_Haarmann). The film received several awards and nominations. The film was awarded the [Deutscher Filmpreis Best Feature Film](/source/Deutscher_Filmpreis), Deutscher Filmpreis Best Direction and Deutscher Filmpreis Best Actor in 1996. Götz George also won the [Volpi Cup](/source/Volpi_Cup) at the [Venice Film Festival](/source/Venice_Film_Festival) for his role. It was chosen as Germany's [official submission](/source/List_of_German_submissions_for_the_Academy_Award_for_Best_Foreign_Language_Film) to the [69th Academy Awards](/source/69th_Academy_Awards) for [Best Foreign Language Film](/source/Academy_Award_for_Best_Foreign_Language_Film), but did not manage to receive a nomination.[1][2][3] ## Cast - [Götz George](/source/G%C3%B6tz_George) - Fritz Haarmann - [Jürgen Hentsch](/source/J%C3%BCrgen_Hentsch) - Prof. Dr. Ernst Schultze - [Pierre Franckh](/source/Pierre_Franckh) - Stenograph - [Hans-Michael Rehberg](/source/Hans-Michael_Rehberg) - Kommissar Rätz - [Matthias Fuchs](/source/Matthias_Fuchs) - Dr. Machnik - [Marek Harloff](/source/Marek_Harloff) - Fürsorgezögling Kress ## See also - [List of submissions to the 69th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film](/source/List_of_submissions_to_the_69th_Academy_Awards_for_Best_Foreign_Language_Film) - [List of German submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film](/source/List_of_German_submissions_for_the_Academy_Award_for_Best_Foreign_Language_Film) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** H. G. Pflaum. ["On the history of the German candidates for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film"](http://www.german-films.de/en/germanfilmsquaterly/previousissues/topicalsubjects/focuson/thetindrum-alonevictor/index.html). German Films. Retrieved 2008-08-27.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service)) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 1. **[^](#cite_ref-69thSubmissions_3-0)** ["39 Countries Hoping for Oscar Nominations"](https://web.archive.org/web/19990209110950/http://www.oscars.org/pressreleases/96.11.13.html). [Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences](/source/Academy_of_Motion_Picture_Arts_and_Sciences). 13 November 1996. Archived from the original on February 9, 1999. Retrieved 5 October 2015. ## External links - [*Deathmaker*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114704/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) v t e German submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film East Germany (until 1990) Her Third (1973) Jacob the Liar (1974) Mama, I'm Alive (1977) The Fiancee (1980) The Turning Point (1983) West Germany (until 1990) The Captain from Köpenick (1956) The Devil Strikes at Night (1957) Arms and the Man (1958) The Bridge (1959) Faust (1960) Young Törless (1966) Tattoo (1967) Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed (1968) Hunting Scenes from Bavaria (1969) o.k. (1970) The Castle (1971) Trotta (1972) The Pedestrian (1973) One or the Other of Us (1974) The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1975) The Clown (1976) The American Friend (1977) The Glass Cell (1978) The Tin Drum (1979) Fabian (1980) Lili Marleen (1981) Fitzcarraldo (1982) A Woman in Flames (1983) Man Under Suspicion (1984) Angry Harvest (1985) Men... 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