Der Sandmann

5.6 (11 votes)• 1995• 95m•Released

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The ambitious young Ina Littmann is an investigative journalist for the TV talk show "Eye in Eye". Her current subject is Henry Kupfer, who wrote a bestseller about a psychopathic killer after he was himself in prison for 8 years for manslaughter. As an entry for the show Ina plans to use a current series of brutal murders among prostitutes. When Ina meets Kupfer, she is despised and fascinated at the same time. Soon she's convinced that Kupfer not only writes about murders, but commits them himself. She smells a smash hit and prepares to prove him guilty on the show.

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Languages: German

Director: Nico Hofmann

Starring Cast: Götz George, Karoline Eichhorn, Barbara Rudnik, Martin Armknecht, Jürgen Hentsch, Matthias Fuchs

Cast

Götz George

Henry Kupfer

Karoline Eichhorn

Ina Littmann

Barbara Rudnik

Sabine Ammann

Martin Armknecht

Volker Lommel

Jürgen Hentsch

Hauptkommissar Stolpe

Matthias Fuchs

Zwick

Michael Brandner

Hermann Krieger

Rudolf Kowalski

Neuhaus

Michael Schenk

Günther

Wolfgang Pregler

Alfons 'Alf' Becher

Alexa Maria Surholt

Evi Schlicht

Ilka Teichmüller

Margit

Götz Argus

Dellinger

Inga Busch

Rothaarige Prostituierte

Claus Dieter Clausnitzer

Anwalt von Henry Kupfer

Detlev Redinger

Buchhändler

Harald Koch

Dekorateur Chris

Roland Kenda

Gefängnisdirektor

Klaus Münster

Zuhälter (uncredited)

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