The Man in Search of His Murderer
German	Der Mann, der seinen Mörder sucht
Directed by	Robert Siodmak
Written by	Ernst Neubach (play) Ludwig Hirschfeld [de] Curt Siodmak Billy Wilder
Produced by	Erich Pommer
Starring	Heinz Rühmann Lien Deyers Hans Leibelt
Cinematography	Otto Baecker Konstantin Irmen-Tschet
Edited by	Viktor Gertler
Music by	Friedrich Hollaender Franz Waxman
Production company	UFA
Distributed by	UFA
Release date	5 February 1931 (1931-02-05)
Running time	97 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

The Man in Search of His Murderer (German: Der Mann, der seinen Mörder sucht) is a 1931 German comedy film directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Heinz Rühmann, Lien Deyers and Hans Leibelt.^[1] The film is partially lost; of the original 9 acts, only five (50 minutes) remain. It was one of the early leading roles for upcoming German star Heinz Rühmann. Co-writer Billy Wilder was at the beginning of his long career. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin and premiered at the city's Gloria-Palast. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Herlth and Walter Röhrig. It was remade in 1952 as You Only Live Once.

Cast

See also

• Tribulations of a Chinaman in China (novel by Jules Verne, 1879)
• Flirting with Fate (1916)
• The Whistler (1944)
• You Only Live Once (1952)
• Five Days (1954)
• Up to His Ears (1965)
• Tulips (1981)
• I Hired a Contract Killer (1990)
• Bulworth (1998)
• Shut Up and Shoot Me (2005)

References

Bibliography

• Hardt, Ursula (1996). From Caligari to California: Erich Pommer's Life in the International Film Wars. Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-930-7.
• Kreimeier, Klaus (1999). The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918–1945. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-22069-0.

External links

• The Man in Search of His Murderer at IMDb

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