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Killing Blue

BR Deutschland 1988 Spielfilm

Killing Blue

Police Commissioner Alex Glass has been twisted into a sarcastic cynic by the hard luck story that is his life and by his daily contact with the lowlife criminals of Berlin′s underground.

 

His new assistant, Shirly Mai, is an attractive and conscientious woman who embodies a quality of virtue that her boss gave up a long time ago. They have both been assigned to solve a series of gruesome murders that have been taking place in Berlin′s drug and prostitution ganglands.
The prime suspect is George Miskowski, a pusher who supplies Berlin′s brothels and hookers with cocaine and heroin. When he turns up dead, Miskowski′s girlfriend, Lisa Ostermann, is the last chance Glass has to nail the killer ...

Source: German films Service & Marketing GmbH

Credits

Director

  • Peter Patzak

Screenplay

  • Julia Kent
  • Paul Nicholas
  • Peter Patzak

Director of photography

  • Anton Peschke

Editing

  • Michou Hutter

Music

  • Carl Carlton
  • Bertram Engel

Cast

  • Armin Mueller-Stahl
    Alex Glass
  • Morgan Fairchild
    Lisa Ostermann
  • Frank Stallone
    Georg Miskowski
  • Julia Kent
    Shirly May
  • Monica Bleibtreu
    Frau Carstens
  • Allegra Curtis
    Monika Carstens
  • Michael York
    Michael Carstens
  • Constanze Rahn
    Ines Berger
  • Peter Neusser
    Dietrich
  • Harvey Friedman
    Kunde

Production company

  • Roxy Film GmbH & Co. KG (München)
  • Lisa Film GmbH (München)
  • K. S. Film Karl Spiehs (Grünwald)

Producer

  • Karl Spiehs

Alle Credits

Director

  • Peter Patzak

Assistant director

  • Anna Georgiades

Script supervisor

  • Wilma Pradetto

Screenplay

  • Julia Kent
  • Paul Nicholas
  • Peter Patzak

Dialogue

  • Andrew Lucas (Dialog-Überwachung)

Director of photography

  • Anton Peschke

Assistant camera

  • Peter Uhlig
  • Alexander Urban
  • Martin Kukula

Still photography

  • Wolfgang Jahnke
  • Jürgen Olczyk

Lighting design

  • Dieter Dentzer

Set design

  • Rainer Schaper
  • Olaf Schiefner (Assistenz)
  • Manfred Geber (Assistenz)

Prop master

  • Jo Schablowsky

Construction manager

  • Robin Harlow

Make-up artist

  • Hasso von Hugo
  • Sabine Gross

Costume design

  • Heidi Melinc

Editing

  • Michou Hutter

Assistant editor

  • Gary Lane
  • Susan Fortson

Sound

  • Detlev Fichtner
  • Wolfgang Widmer

Sound assistant

  • Andreas Walther

Audio mixing

  • Milan Bor

Special effects

  • Harry Wiessenhaan

Music

  • Carl Carlton
  • Bertram Engel

Soloist

  • Frank Loef (Saxofon)

Cast

  • Armin Mueller-Stahl
    Alex Glass
  • Morgan Fairchild
    Lisa Ostermann
  • Frank Stallone
    Georg Miskowski
  • Julia Kent
    Shirly May
  • Monica Bleibtreu
    Frau Carstens
  • Allegra Curtis
    Monika Carstens
  • Michael York
    Michael Carstens
  • Constanze Rahn
    Ines Berger
  • Peter Neusser
    Dietrich
  • Harvey Friedman
    Kunde
  • Jako Benz
    Polizist
  • Christobal Parke
  • Gerd Grzesczak
  • Ludger Pistor
  • Hans-Martin Stier
  • Jean Boileau
  • Teh Wie Ma
  • Nasia Iqubal
  • July O'Grady
  • Gert "Kralle" Krawinkel
  • Joseph Sumner
  • Inge Blau

Production company

  • Roxy Film GmbH & Co. KG (München)
  • Lisa Film GmbH (München)
  • K. S. Film Karl Spiehs (Grünwald)

Producer

  • Karl Spiehs

Co-Producer

  • Luggi Waldleitner

Line producer

  • Dieter Nobbe

Unit production manager

  • Jürgen Kussatz

Location manager

  • Günther Russ
  • Olaf Bessenbacher (Assistenz)
  • Petra Borghoff (Assistenz)
  • Dieter Salzmann (Assistenz)

Original distributor

  • Tivoli Filmverleih GmbH (München)

Original video distributor

  • Vestron Pictures Germany GmbH (München)

Shoot

    • 20.05.1988 - 24.06.1988: Berlin/West
Duration:
2638 m, 96 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,66
Video/Audio:
Eastmancolor, Dolby Stereo
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 29.09.1988, 60602, ab 16 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 03.11.1988

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE) Killing Blue
  • Arbeitstitel Midnight Cop

Versions

Original

Duration:
2638 m, 96 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,66
Video/Audio:
Eastmancolor, Dolby Stereo
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 29.09.1988, 60602, ab 16 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 03.11.1988

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