''Deathmaker'' () is a 1995 German film directed by

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and starring

Götz George Götz George (; 23 July 1938 – 19 June 2016) was a German actor, the son of actor couple Berta Drews and Heinrich George. His arguably best-known role is that of Duisburg detective Horst Schimanski in the TV crime series ''Tatort''. Early lif ...

Jürgen Hentsch Jürgen Hentsch (March 17, 1936 in Görlitz – December 21, 2011 in Berlin) was a German actor. He was known for several movies and TV shows such as ''The Deathmaker'' (1995), ''In the Shadow of Power'' (2003) and ''Der Mann mit der Maske'' (1994 ...

and

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. The film is based on the transcripts of the interrogation of the notorious serial killer

Fritz Haarmann Friedrich Heinrich Karl "Fritz" Haarmann (25 October 1879 – 15 April 1925) was a German serial killer, known as the Butcher of Hanover, the Vampire of Hanover and the Wolf Man, who committed the sexual assault, murder, mutilation and dismembe ...

. The film received several awards and nominations. The film was awarded the Deutscher Filmpreis Best Feature Film, Deutscher Filmpreis Best Direction and Deutscher Filmpreis Best Actor in 1996. Götz George also won the

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at the

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for his role. It was chosen as Germany's official submission to the

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for

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, but did not manage to receive a nomination.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Cast

- Fritz Haarmann *

- Prof. Dr. Ernst Schultze *

- Stenograph *

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- Kommissar Rätz *

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- Dr. Machnik * Marek Harloff - Fürsorgezögling Kress

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