The Story Teller

movie

In this mystery/thriller based on a novel by Patricia Highsmith, Nico Thomkins (Udo Schenk), a writer, and his wife Helen (Anke Sevenich) are in the habit of playing games with one another. Even while they are breaking up, they are sufficiently in tune with one another to continue this practice. When the writer's wife takes off without leaving a note behind, people begin to suspect that he may have murdered her, and he plays along with this notion to the point of planting clues which would incriminate him. Obviously, no one with a shred of common sense would do such a thing, and these tricks get him into trouble. However, his troubles don't really begin until he starts to search for her in earnest.

Cast & crew

Rainer Boldt · Gunnar Möller · Patricia Highsmith · Peter Sattmann · Udo Schenk · Jale Arıkan · Hans Kwiet · Dorothea Neukirchen · Gustav Peter Wöhler · Anke Sevenich · Rüdiger Wandel · Christiane Reiff · Wolf Christian Schröder · Christine Kaufmann · Hans-Michael Rehberg

Studios & networks

Common Film Produktion · Sender Freies Berlin · Ula Stöckl Filmproduktion