Jump to content

Agatha, Stop That Murdering!

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Agatha, Stop That Murdering!
German film poster
GermanAgatha, laß das Morden sein!
Directed byDietrich Haugk
Written by
Produced by
StarringJohanna von Koczian
Klausjürgen Wussow
Elisabeth Flickenschildt
CinematographyGünther Senftleben
Edited byAnneliese Schönnenbeck
Music byHans-Martin Majewski
Production
company
Filmaufbau
Distributed byConstantin Film
Release date
  • 22 December 1960 (1960-12-22)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

Agatha, Stop That Murdering! (German: Agatha, laß das Morden sein!) is a 1960 West German comedy crime film directed by Dietrich Haugk and starring Johanna von Koczian, Klausjürgen Wussow and Elisabeth Flickenschildt.[1] It is a parody both of the ongoing film series of Edgar Wallace adaptations and the traditions of the mystery novels of Agatha Christie.

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Franz Bi and Bruno Monden. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich.

Plot

[edit]

A famous female crime novelist goes to stay in a country house, where a killer is on the loose.

Cast

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Hake, Sabine (2009). Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim (eds.). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. p. 242. doi:10.2307/j.ctt1x76dm6. ISBN 978-1571816559. JSTOR j.ctt1x76dm6. S2CID 252868046.
[edit]