Deathmaker

Deathmaker
Deathmaker
	Film poster
Directed by	Romuald Karmakar
Starring	Götz George; Jürgen Hentsch; Pierre Franckh;
Edited by	Peter Przygodda
Release date	1995;
Country	Germany
Language	German

Deathmaker (German: Der Totmacher) is a 1995 German film directed by Romuald Karmakar and starring Götz George, Jürgen Hentsch and Pierre Franckh. The film is based on the transcripts of the interrogation of the notorious serial killer Fritz Haarmann.

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 Volpi Cup at the Venice Film Festival for his role. It was chosen as Germany's official submission to the 69th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, but did not manage to receive a nomination.^[1]^[2]^[3]

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^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
^ "39 Countries Hoping for Oscar Nominations". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 13 November 1996. Archived from the original on February 9, 1999. Retrieved 5 October 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)