Die Apothekerin (1997)
Directed by Rainer Kaufmann
Sub-Genres - Black Comedy, Comedy Thriller |
Run Time - 105 min. |
Countries - Germany |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Bhob Stewart
Traveling down DePalma-like pathways, director Rainer Kaufmann made this dark comedy-thriller about 30-year-old small-town pharmacist Hella Moormann (Katja Riemann), unlucky with men. She finally beds Levin (Jürgen Vogel), who's in debt to imprisoned drug-dealer Dieter (Richy Mueller). Hella is shocked when Levin suggests that they kill his wealthy grandfather Hermann Graber (Joachim Tomaschewsky) to get his mansion and money. So when Graber dies, Hella suspects Levin. Soon Dieter joins Levin and Hella in the mansion, and the events become even more convoluted after Hella catches Levin making out with Dieter's sexy wife Margot (Isabella Parkinson). Shown at the 1998 Berlin Film Festival.
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death, debt, drug-dealer, extramarital-affair, grandfather, pharmacist, small-town