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Aus dem Leben der Marionetten

Aus dem Leben der Marionetten

1980Movie⏱ 1h 44mR
Drama
⭐ 7.2
IMDB Rating
5,132 votes

An account of the events before and after a murder committed by a disturbed businessman in a strained marriage, and what led him to perform such a shocking act.

Director
Ingmar Bergman
Writers
N/A
Stars
Robert Atzorn, Christine Buchegger, Martin Benrath
Release Date
June 30, 1981
Language
German
Country
West Germany, Austria
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💬 30
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🎭 Top Cast

Robert Atzorn
Robert Atzorn
as Peter Egermann
Christine Buchegger
Christine Buchegger
as Katarina Egermann
Martin Benrath
Martin Benrath
as Professor Mogens Jensen
Rita Russek
Rita Russek
as Katarina Krafft
Lola MĂŒthel
Lola MĂŒthel
as Cordelia Egermann
Walter Schmidinger
Walter Schmidinger
as Tim Mandelbaum
Heinz Bennent
Heinz Bennent
as Arthur Brenner
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Ruth Olafs
as Nurse
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Karl-Heinz Pelser
as The Interrogator
Gaby Dohm
Gaby Dohm
as Frau Anders - Secretary

💰 Box Office

$4,293
Worldwide Gross

🎬 Technical Specs

Sound
Mono
Color
Color
Filming Location
Bavaria Studios, Bavariafilmplatz 7, Geiselgasteig, GrĂŒnwald, Bavaria, Germany
Production
Persona Film, Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF), Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)

đŸ·ïž Keywords

male frontal nuditymale nuditygermanyexistential crisisexistential loneliness

🎯 Categories

GermanPsychological DramaDrama

⭐ Featured Review

Aus dem Leben der Marionetten: A Cornucopia of Pleasing Visuals
by imagiking ‱ 2011-01-08
9/10

"Despite having seen the best part of Höstsonaten, Bergman's film immediately prior to Aus dem Leben der Marionetten, I never completed the viewing experience. Thus, this ranks itself as my very first Bergman, something I'd been rather looking forward to for quite some time. Beginning with a surprising scene in which a well dressed man strangles a prostitute, Aus dem Leben der Marionetten follows this event up by examining the events before and after it, hopping through a time frame of two to three months. Through the conversations which precede and follow this catastrophe—as the fil..."

💡 Did You Know?

From the Life of the Marionettes (1980) is Director Ingmar Bergman's only movie shot in the German language. The Serpent's Egg (1977) was shot in Germany, too, but mostly in English.

📖 Synopsis

An account of the events before and after a murder committed by a disturbed businessman in a strained marriage, and what led him to perform such a shocking act.