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

Norbert Kückelmann Norbert Kückelmann (1 May 1930 - 31 August 2017) was a Germans, German film director, screenwriter and lawyer. He was born in Munich, During the 1950s he studied law and worked part-time as a film critic. After graduation, he worked as a lawyer i ...

Cast

* Maximilian Schell as Lawyer Landau *

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as Jessica Kranz * Robert Aldini as Werner Kranz *

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as Reporter 'Watergate' * Kathrin Ackermann as Judge * Manfred Rendl as Public Prosecutor *

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as Holm * Jörg Hube as Commissioner Sommer * Klaus Höhne as Presiding Magistrate *

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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 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 an ...

for

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, 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 The Berlin International Film Festival (german: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale (), is a major international film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the fes ...

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