Key Details

Release StatusReleased

Release Date1983-01-01

Languagede

Runtime1h 15m

Budget$472,000

Production

Gerald Kargl

7.1(442)

•1983•1h 15m

Angst

"Based on a true story."

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.

Director

Gerald Kargl

Writing & Screenplay

Gerald Kargl Zbigniew Rybczyński

Cinematography

Zbigniew Rybczyński

Principal Cast

30 credited

Erwin LederPsychopath

Robert Hunger-BühlerPsychopath (voice)

Silvia RabenreitherDaughter

Karin SpringerDaughter (voice)

Edith RossetMother

Josefine LakathaMother (voice) / Passer-by

Rudolf GötzSon

Renate KastelikTaxi Driver

Hermann GroissenbergerGuest at café

Claudia SchinkoGuest at café

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