Die Tote von Beverly Hills

In 1964, this was the first cinema movie of Michael Pfleghar who is mostly known as a director of TV series such as 'Klimbim'. It is a rather anarchic movie, shot partly at Hollywood without any official permits, I presume, because there are passers-by staring into the camera, wondering what that foreign film crew is doing in the middle of the street.

The 'Dead Woman of Beverly Hills' is Lu Sostlov (Heidelinde Weis) whose body is found at the beginning of the movie. Many flashbacks to the past (which are in colour, opposed to the black & white scenes in the present) reveal step by step how Lu caused chaos in the feelings of several men she fell in love with. One of them probably killed her in jealousy, but who? The excellent cast includes Horst Frank, Klausjürgen Wussow, Alice & Ellen Kessler and Ernst Fritz Fürbringer. It's a comedy not without tragical ingredients, rather weird and not a movie for everyone.