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The Story Teller (1989)
Directed by Rainer Boldt
Thriller · 1h 35m
In this mystery/thriller based on a novel by Patricia Highsmith, Nico Thomkins (Udo Schenk), a writer, and his wife Helen (Anke Sevenich) are in the habit of playing games with one another. Even while they are breaking up, they are sufficiently in tune with one another to continue this practice. When the writer's wife takes off without leaving a note behind, people begin to suspect that he may have murdered her, and he plays along with this notion to the point of planting clues which would incriminate him. Obviously, no one with a shred of common sense would do such a thing, and these tricks get him into trouble. However, his troubles don't really begin until he starts to search for her in earnest.
Cast
Udo Schenk
Nico Thomkins
Anke Sevenich
Helen Thomkins
Christine Kaufmann
Clara Lilienthal
Hans-Michael Rehberg
Herr Jensen
Gunnar Möller
Kommissar
Peter Sattmann
Eduard Hanstock
Jale Arıkan
Ivy
Gustav Peter Wöhler
Dr. Tamiroff
Crew
- Director
- Rainer Boldt
- Screenplay
- Rainer Boldt, Dorothea Neukirchen, Wolf Christian Schröder, Hans Kwiet
- Novel
- Patricia Highsmith
- Director of Photography
- Rolf Liccini
- Editor
- Petra Heymann
- Producer
- Helmut Wietz, Ula Stöckl, Hans Kwiet
Details
- Original title
- Der Geschichtenerzähler
- Release date
- 1989-08-26
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Genres
- Thriller
- Original language
- DE
- Spoken languages
- German
- Countries
- Germany
- Production
- Common Film Produktion, Ula Stöckl Filmproduktion, Sender Freies Berlin