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The Man in Pyjamas

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The Man in Pyjamas
Directed by
Written by
  • Christian Rateuke
  • Hartmann Schmige
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyHeinz Hölscher
Edited bySybille Windt
Music byWilhelm Dieter Siebert
Production
company
Distributed byTobis Film
Release date
  • 18 December 1981 (1981-12-18)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ Rentschler p.74
  2. ^ "Der Mann Im Pyjama". allmovie.com. Retrieved 7 December 2020.

Bibliography

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  • 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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