The Man in Pyjamas
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| Cinematography | Heinz Hölscher |
| Edited by | Sybille Windt |
| Music by | Wilhelm Dieter Siebert |
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| Distributed by | Tobis Film |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
The Man in Pyjamas (German: Der Mann im Pyjama) is a 1981 West German comedy film directed by Christian Rateuke and Hartmann Schmige, starring Otto Sander and Elke Sommer.[1] The film won the Ernst Lubitsch Award for best actor (Sander).
The film's sets were designed by art director Werner Achmann.
Plot[edit]
The story, set in Berlin in 1981, centres around a man in his pajamas and bathrobe who goes out to buy cigarettes and experiences a series of events that have him chased by inept police officers, an angry husband, a taxi driver, and various other characters.[2]
Cast[edit]
- Otto Sander as Rudi
- Elke Sommer as Bärbel Lachmann
- Peter Fitz as Harry Lachmann, Detective inspector
- Hermann Lause as Bruno, Patrolman
- Erich Schwarz as Hans-Christian, Patrolman
- Friedrich G. Beckhaus as Otto Kaiser, Deputy Chief
- Karl-Heinz Vosgerau as Consul Becker
- Jochen Schroeder as Taxi driver
- Kurt Zips as Neighbour with the white poodle
- Pit Krüger as Volkswagen driver
- Ute Koska as Helga
- Günther Kieslich as Bank robber disguised as a sewer worker
- Tayfun Bademsoy as Turk
References[edit]
- ^ Rentschler p.74
- ^ "Der Mann Im Pyjama". allmovie.com. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
Bibliography[edit]
- Eric Rentschler. West German film in the course of time: reflections on the twenty years since Oberhausen. Redgrave Publishing Company, 1984.
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