Lommel's film remains as disturbing a look at a serial killer as you're likely to see.
Tenderness of the Wolves (1973)
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Reviews Counted:5
Fresh:3
Rotten:2
Average Rating:7.2/10
Runtime: 86 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: Lommel's harrowing tale of a serial killer in post-war Germany, who roams the streets at night looking for his next victim.
Starring: Margit Cartensen, Ingrid Caven, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Brigitte Mira
Starring: Margit Cartensen, Ingrid Caven, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Brigitte Mira, Kurt Raab, Jürgen Prochnow, Christoph Eichhorn, Rainer Haver, Wolfgang Schenck, Tara Schanzara, Jeff Roden, Hannelore Tiefenbrunner
Director: Ulli Lommel
Director: Ulli Lommel
Screenwriter: Kurt Raab
Producer: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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Reviews for Tenderness of the Wolves
A nasty little melodrama, lurid and creepy and sometimes bordering on demented humor. It's the kind of movie we may not exactly enjoy, but we don't walk out on.
It is beautifully and enthusiastically performed and it doesn't contain a single superfluous or redundant camera movement.
A black comedy of manners, but the crimes are so ghastly that they drown out the comedy.
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