The Man in Pyjamas

The Man in Pyjamas
Directed by	Christian Rateuke Hartmann Schmige
Written by	Christian Rateuke Hartmann Schmige
Produced by	Carla Thoeren Horst Wendlandt
Starring	Otto Sander Elke Sommer Peter Fitz Hermann Lause
Cinematography	Heinz Hölscher
Edited by	Sybille Windt
Music by	Wilhelm Dieter Siebert
Production company	Rialto Film
Distributed by	Tobis Film
Release date	18 December 1981
Running time	95 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

The Man in Pyjamas (German: Der Mann im Pyjama) is a 1981 West German comedy film directed by Christian Rateuke and Hartmann Schmige, starring Otto Sander and Elke Sommer. The film won the Ernst Lubitsch Award for best actor (Sander).

The film's sets were designed by art director Werner Achmann.

Plot

The story, set in Berlin in 1981, centres around a man in his pajamas and bathrobe who goes out to buy cigarettes and experiences a series of events that have him chased by inept police officers, an angry husband, a taxi driver, and various other characters.

Cast

• Otto Sander as Rudi
• Elke Sommer as Bärbel Lachmann
• Peter Fitz as Harry Lachmann, Detective inspector
• Hermann Lause as Bruno, Patrolman
• Erich Schwarz as Hans-Christian, Patrolman
• Friedrich G. Beckhaus as Otto Kaiser, Deputy Chief
• Karl-Heinz Vosgerau as Consul Becker
• Jochen Schroeder as Taxi driver
• Kurt Zips as Neighbour with the white poodle
• Pit Krüger as Volkswagen driver
• Ute Koska as Helga
• Günther Kieslich as Bank robber disguised as a sewer worker
• Tayfun Bademsoy as Turk

Bibliography

• Eric Rentschler. West German film in the course of time: reflections on the twenty years since Oberhausen. Redgrave Publishing Company, 1984.

External links

• The Man in Pyjamas at IMDb