"Based on a true story."

1983

1h 15m

7.1(376 votes)

Thriller

Crime

Horror

Overview

A killer is released from prison and breaks into a remote home to kill a woman, her handicapped son and her pretty daughter.

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Cast & Crew

30 members

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Erwin Leder

Psychopath

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Robert Hunger-Bühler

Psychopath (voice)

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Silvia Rabenreither

Daughter

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Karin Springer

Daughter (voice)

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Edith Rosset

Mother

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Josefine Lakatha

Mother (voice) / Passer-by

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Rudolf Götz

Son

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Renate Kastelik

Taxi Driver

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Hermann Groissenberger

Guest at café

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Claudia Schinko

Guest at café

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Beate Jurkowitsch

Guest at café

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Rosa Schandl

Waitress at café

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Rolf Bock

Policeman

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Emil Polaczek

Policeman

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Helmut Hrdina

Prison guard

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Adolf Hagmann

Prison guard

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Karl Riepl

Prison guard

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Günther Dietz

Prison guard

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Elisabeth Fez

Passer-by

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Paula Elkins

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Tennesee Gelinek

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Vallerian Tomsich

Passer-by

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Rafael Gelinek

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Mischa Griegor

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Andrea Eckelbacher

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Martin Kretschier

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Ursula Kretschier

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Tina Schlögl

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Rudolf Steger

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Walter Herzog

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