Man Under Suspicion
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Man Under Suspicion is a 1984
West German
film directed by Norbert Kückelmann.
for Best Foreign Language Film
, but did not manage to receive a nomination. It was also entered into the 34th Berlin International Film Festival
, where it won the Silver Bear.
1984 in film
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West German
West Germany
West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....
film directed by Norbert Kückelmann.
Cast
- Maximilian SchellMaximilian SchellMaximilian Schell is an Austrian-born Swiss actor who won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Judgment at Nuremberg in 1961...
as Lawyer Landau - Lena StolzeLena StolzeLena Stolze is a German television and film actress.-Life and work:Lena Stolze's father is Gerhard Stolze, a tenor, and her mother is the actress Gabi Stolze...
as Jessica Kranz - Robert Aldini as Werner Kranz
- Wolfgang KielingWolfgang KielingWolfgang Kieling was a German actor. In films since childhood in his native Germany, Kieling also occasionally appeared in English-language films, most notably in Alfred Hitchcock's Torn Curtain , where he played an East German agent brutally slain by Paul Newman...
as Reporter 'Watergate' - Kathrin Ackermann as Judge
- Manfred Rendl as Public Prosecutor
- Reinhard Hauff as Holm
- Jörg HubeJörg HubeJörg Hube 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 Brechts Die heilige Johanna der Schlachthöfe...
as Commissioner Sommer - Klaus HöhneKlaus HöhneKlaus Höhne was a German actor. From 1971 until 1979 he starred in the Hessischer Rundfunk version of the popular television crime series Tatort...
as Presiding Magistrate - Robert AtzornRobert AtzornRobert Atzorn is a German television actor.He was born in Bad Polzin, Pomerania, Germany, now Połczyn-Zdrój, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland.- TV movies :*Schlarnorstmcshleiben*Ich bin kein Mann für eine Frau - 1999...
as Attorney-General - Patricia Kückelmann as Kathrin Landau
- Markus Urchs as Dropout
- Despina Avramidou as Greek Woman
- Elisabeth Bertram as Grandmother
- Florian Furtwängler as Zurek
Awards and nominations
The film was chosen as West Germany's official submission to the 57th Academy Awards57th Academy Awards
The 57th Academy Awards were presented March 25, 1985 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The ceremonies were presided over by Jack Lemmon.This ceremony is best-remembered for perhaps the most quoted and famous Academy Award acceptance speech ever...
for Best Foreign Language Film
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
, but did not manage to receive a nomination. It was also entered into the 34th Berlin International Film Festival
34th Berlin International Film Festival
The 34th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 17 to February 28, 1984.-Jury:* Liv Ullmann * Jules Dassin* Edward Bennett* Manuela Cernat-Gheorghiu* Lana Gogoberidze* Tullio Kezich* Steffen Kuchenreuther...
, where it won the Silver Bear.