The Man in Search of His Murderer

The Man in Search of His Murderer
German	Der Mann, der seinen Mörder sucht
Directed by	Robert Siodmak
Written by	Ernst Neubach (play) Ludwig Hirschfeld Curt Siodmak Billy Wilder
Produced by	Erich Pommer
Starring	Heinz Rühmann Lien Deyers Hans Leibelt
Cinematography	Otto Baecker Konstantin Irmen-Tschet
Edited by	Viktor Gertler
Music by	Friedrich Hollaender Franz Waxman
Production company	UFA
Distributed by	UFA
Release date	5 February 1931 (1931-02-05)
Running time	97 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

The Man in Search of His Murderer (German: Der Mann, der seinen Mörder sucht) is a 1931 German comedy film directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Heinz Rühmann, Lien Deyers and Hans Leibelt. The film is partially lost; of the original 9 acts, only five (50 minutes) remain. It was one of the early leading roles for upcoming German star Heinz Rühmann. Co-writer Billy Wilder was at the beginning of his long career. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin and premiered at the city's Gloria-Palast. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Herlth and Walter Röhrig. It was remade in 1952 as You Only Live Once.

Cast

• Heinz Rühmann as Hans Herfort
• Lien Deyers as Kitty
• Raimund Janitschek as Otto Kuttlapp
• Hans Leibelt as Adamowski
• Hermann Speelmans as Jim
• Friedrich Hollaender as Chairman of 'Weisse Weste'
• Gerhard Bienert as Policeman
• Eugen Boral as Member of 'Weisse Weste'
• Otti Dietze as Innkeeper
• Victor Palfi as Hans' Friend
• Greta Keller as Singer
• Franz Fiedler
• Eberhard Mack
• Erik Schuetz
• Roland Varno
• Wolfgang von Waltershausen
• Hermann Blaß
• Fritz Odemar

See also

• Tribulations of a Chinaman in China (novel by Jules Verne, 1879)
• Flirting with Fate (1916)
• The Whistler (1944)
• You Only Live Once (1952)
• Five Days (1954)
• Up to His Ears (1965)
• Tulips (1981)
• I Hired a Contract Killer (1990)
• Bulworth (1998)
• Shut Up and Shoot Me (2005)

Bibliography

• Hardt, Ursula (1996). From Caligari to California: Erich Pommer's Life in the International Film Wars. Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-930-7.
• Kreimeier, Klaus (1999). The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918–1945. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-22069-0.

External links

• The Man in Search of His Murderer at IMDb