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and starring

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, and Massimo Ghini.

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* 1987 films 1987 crime thriller films German crime thriller films West German films Films directed by Peter Patzak Films set in Hamburg 1980s German-language films English-language German films 1980s English-language films 1987 multilingual films German multilingual films 1980s German films English-language crime thriller films German-language crime thriller films {{1980s-Germany-film-stub