''Man Under Suspicion'' () is a 1984 West German film directed by Norbert Kückelmann.

Cast

Maximilian Schell Maximilian Schell (8 December 1930 – 1 February 2014) was an Austrian-born Swiss actor, who also wrote, directed and produced some of his own films. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the 1961 American film ''Judgment at Nuremberg'', h ...

as Lawyer Landau * Lena Stolze as Jessica Kranz *

Robert Aldini The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...

as Werner Kranz * Wolfgang Kieling as Reporter 'Watergate' *

Kathrin Ackermann Kathrin Ackermann (born 30 January 1938) is a German actress. Early life Ackermann is a daughter of Hans Ackermann and Elisabeth, née Albert. Her father died during the Second World War in the Battle of France, and her mother married the condu ...

as Judge * Manfred Rendl as Public Prosecutor * Reinhard Hauff as Holm *

Jörg Hube Jörg Hube (22 November 1943 – 19 June 2009) was a German actor and director. He died of cancer. Theatre Some of Hube's roles: *1973 in Plenzdorf's ''Die neuen Leiden des jungen W.'', München *1974 in Brecht's ''Die heilige Johanna de ...

as Commissioner Sommer *

Klaus Höhne Klaus Höhne (13 June 1927 in Hamburg – 21 August 2006 in Murnau am Staffelsee) was a German actor. From 1971 until 1979 he starred in the Hessischer Rundfunk version of the popular television crime series ''Tatort''. In 1974 he appeared ...

as Presiding Magistrate *

Robert Atzorn Robert Atzorn (born 2 February 1945) is a German television actor. He was born in Bad Polzin, Pomerania, Germany, now Połczyn-Zdrój, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. Life Robert Atzorn grew up in Oldenburg and Hamburg. He stud ...

as Attorney-General *

Patricia Kückelmann Patricia is a female given name of Latin origin. Derived from the Latin word '' patrician'', meaning "noble"; it is the feminine form of the masculine given name Patrick. The name Patricia was the second most common female name in the United Stat ...

as Kathrin Landau * Markus Urchs as Dropout * Despina Avramidou as Greek Woman *

Elisabeth Bertram Elizabeth or Elisabeth may refer to: People * Elizabeth (given name), a female given name (including people with that name) * Elizabeth (biblical figure), mother of John the Baptist Ships * HMS Elizabeth, HMS ''Elizabeth'', several ships * Elisa ...

as Grandmother *

Florian Furtwängler Florian may refer to: People * Florian (name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or surname * Florian, Roman emperor in 276 AD * Saint Florian (250 – c. 304 AD), patron saint of Poland and Upper Austria, al ...

as Zurek

Awards and nominations

The film was chosen as West Germany's official submission to the

57th Academy Awards The 57th Academy Awards were presented March 25, 1985, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. Jack Lemmon presided over the ceremonies. This ceremony marked the first time that multiple black nominees would win an Oscar, when Prince and ...

for Best Foreign Language Film, but did not manage to receive a nomination. It was also entered into the

34th Berlin International Film Festival The 34th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 17–28 February 1984. The festival opened with ''The Noah's Ark Principle'' by Roland Emmerich. The Golden Bear was awarded to the American film '' Love Streams'' directed by John ...

, where it won the Silver Bear.

References

External links

* 1984 films 1980s crime thriller films German crime thriller films West German films 1980s German-language films Films directed by Norbert Kückelmann 1980s legal films German political thriller films Films about terrorism in Europe 1980s political films Films set in West Germany 1980s German films {{1980s-Germany-film-stub