''Of Pure Blood'' is a 1986

made-for-TV A television film, alternatively known as a television movie, made-for-TV film/movie or TV film/movie, is a feature-length film that is produced and originally distributed by or to a television network, in contrast to theatrical films made for ...

thriller for

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that premiered on October 19, 1986, directed by

Joseph Sargent Joseph Sargent (born Giuseppe Danielle Sorgente; July 22, 1925 – December 22, 2014) was an American film director. Though he directed many television movies, his best known feature-length works were arguably the action movie '' White Ligh ...

and starring

Lee Remick Lee Ann Remick (December 14, 1935 – July 2, 1991) was an American actress and singer. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for the film '' Days of Wine and Roses'' (1962), and for the 1966 Tony Award for Best Actress in ...

. Alicia Browning (Remick) is a

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whose grown son is shot to death in

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...

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by police when he apparently tried to attack a doctor who was attending the annual

Oktoberfest The Oktoberfest (; bar, Wiesn, Oktobafest) is the world's largest Volksfest, featuring a beer festival and a travelling carnival. It is held annually in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. It is a 16- to 18-day folk festival running from mid- or ...

. When Alicia travels to Germany—her native homeland—to investigate, she finds the old

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Lebensborn Lebensborn e.V. (literally: "Fount of Life") was an SS-initiated, state-supported, registered association in Nazi Germany with the stated goal of increasing the number of children born who met the Nazi standards of "racially pure" and "hea ...

breeding programs still alive and wanting her son's child—her grandchild—that he fathered with a German girlfriend before his death, for their attempts to recreate Hitler's so-called 'master race' and a modern-day

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Cast

as Alicia Browning * Eszter Marai as young Alicia Browning * Patrick McGoohan as Dr. Felix Neumann *

Gottfried John Gottfried John (; 29 August 1942 – 1 September 2014) was a German stage, screen, and voice actor. A long-time collaborator of Rainer Werner Fassbinder, John appeared in nine of the filmmaker's projects between 1975 and 1981, the year befor ...

as Paul Bergmann * Richard Münch as Dr. Bamberg *

Katharina Böhm Katharina Böhm (born 20 November 1964) is a Swiss-born Austrian actress. Between 1999 and 2002 she played the role of Livia Burlando in the Italian TV series ''Il commissario Montalbano'', based on the character Salvo Montalbano from the novels ...

as Ursula Schiller * Carolyn Nelson Sargent as Johanna * Catherine McGoohan as Pru *

Hans-Jürgen Schatz Hans-Jürgen Schatz (born October 10, 1958 in Berlin, Germany) is a German television actor. Awards and honors * 2007 Bundesverdienstkreuz am Bande (Federal Cross of Merit) Filmography * '' Breakthrough'', 1979 * ', 1980 * '' Die Weiße Rose ...

as Bank Manager * Pascal Breuer as Eric *

Beate Finckh Beate Finckh (born 22 April 1960) is a German actress. Selected filmography * ''Desperado City'' (1980), as Liane * ''Die Knapp-Familie'' (1981–1983, TV series), as Elisabeth Knapp * ''Der Tod in der Waschstraße'' (1982), as Jutta * ' (1984) ...

as Marta * Shane Rimmer as The Colonel

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* 1986 films 1986 television films American television films Films set in West Germany Films shot in Germany Films directed by Joseph Sargent 1980s English-language films {{US-tv-film-stub