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Scene of the Crime: A Tooth for a Tooth

Original title: Zahn um Zahn
  • 1985
  • 1h 35m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
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Götz George in Scene of the Crime: A Tooth for a Tooth (1985)
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A man who has just become unemployed kills his closest relatives before he judges himself. Commissioner Schimanski determined.A man who has just become unemployed kills his closest relatives before he judges himself. Commissioner Schimanski determined.A man who has just become unemployed kills his closest relatives before he judges himself. Commissioner Schimanski determined.

  • Director
    • Hajo Gies
  • Writers
    • Horst Vocks
    • Thomas Wittenburg
    • Hajo Gies
  • Stars
    • Götz George
    • Renan Demirkan
    • Rufus
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.4/10
    401
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Hajo Gies
    • Writers
      • Horst Vocks
      • Thomas Wittenburg
      • Hajo Gies
    • Stars
      • Götz George
      • Renan Demirkan
      • Rufus
    • 3User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win

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    Götz George
    Götz George
    • Schimanski
    Renan Demirkan
    • Ulli
    Rufus
    Rufus
    • Hacker
    Eberhard Feik
    Eberhard Feik
    • Thanner
    Charles Brauer
    Charles Brauer
    • Grassmann
    Herbert Steinmetz
    • Krüger
    Louis-Marie Taillefer
    • Bonano
    Julien Maurel
    • Jean Pierre
    Ulrich Matschoss
    • Königsberg
    Martin Lüttge
    • Wilkens
    David Gabison
    • Corti
    Claude Carliez
    • Jules
    Erich Bar
    • Manni
    Bilal Inci
    Bilal Inci
    • Wirt
    Brigitte Janner
    • Stewardess
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Hajo Gies
    • Writers
      • Horst Vocks
      • Thomas Wittenburg
      • Hajo Gies
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    • Trivia
      This movie is a cinema-spin-off from the successful German TV series Tatort (1970) with Götz George as Schimanski. It is the first "Tatort"-episode that was produced for cinema.
    • Connections
      Followed by Zabou (1987)
    • Soundtracks
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      Performed by Klaus Lage Band

      Music and text by Klaus Lage Band and Diether Dehm (as N. Heirel)

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    5/10
    Schimanski and Thanner - Kings of Cool
    The beginning of this Schimanski is really great: Thanner and Schimanski are walking through demonstrating people, who smack and are smacked up by the police. They both don't care about it and just walk right trough it, to the place of crime (the "Tatort"). They are the real Kings of Cool, Travolta go home.

    Apart from this, the movie seems like the try to make a TV movie a cinema picture, what doesn't work. The action does not fit into the story and so on.

    5/10

    PS: Charles Brauer plays the bad guy, but he is lot more convincing as "Brocki" in his later "Tatorts" together with Manfred Krug, on the other side of the law.
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    • Jul 10, 2004

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    • Release date
      • October 10, 1985 (West Germany)
    • Country of origin
      • West Germany
    • Language
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Zahn um Zahn
    • Filming locations
      • Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
    • Production companies
      • Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (ARD)
      • Bavaria Film
      • Constantin Film
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 35 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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