Moonlighting Mistress or I Sleep with My Murderer (German: Ich schlafe mit meinem Mörder, French: Je couche avec mon assassin) is a 1970 French-West German thriller film directed by Wolfgang Becker and starring Harald Leipnitz, Ruth-Maria Kubitschek and Véronique Vendell.[1][2][3] Resembling the fashionable giallo genre, it was produced by Rapid Film which specialised in making low-budget genre films with commercial appeal.
| Moonlighting Mistress | |
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| Directed by | Wolfgang Becker |
| Written by | Werner P. Zibaso Willibald Eser |
| Produced by | Wolf C. Hartwig Ludwig Spitaler |
| Starring | Harald Leipnitz Ruth-Maria Kubitschek Véronique Vendell |
| Cinematography | Rolf Kästel |
| Edited by | Jan Catell |
| Music by | Martin Böttcher |
Production companies | Les Films Jacques Willemetz Rapid Film |
| Distributed by | Inter-Verleih Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
| Countries | France West Germany |
| Language | German |
Synopsis
editA man intends to kill his wealthy wife so he can inherit her money and live with his attractive mistress. However, scheme to murder her does not go to plan.
Cast
edit- Harald Leipnitz as Jan
- Ruth-Maria Kubitschek as Angela
- Véronique Vendell as Gina
- Friedrich Joloff as Inspector
- Peter Capell as Vanetti
- Wolf Harnisch as Burckhardt
- Henri Guégan as 1. Einbrecher
- Helge T. Larisch as 2. Einbrecher
- Ellen Umlauf as Erpresserin
- Jackie Lombard as 1. Callgirl
- Waltraud Schaeffler as 2. Callgirl
- Rosl Mayr as Putzfrau
References
editBibliography
edit- Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009..
- Grant, John. A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Film Noir: The Essential Reference Guide. Rowman & Littlefield, 2023.
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