Negresco (film)

Negresco
Directed byKlaus Lemke
Written byIngo Hermes
Klaus Lemke
Max Zihlmann
Produced byDoris Rathgen
Thilo Theilen
Joachim von Vietinghoff
Peter Wortmann
StarringIra von Fürstenberg
Paul Hubschmid
Gérard Blain
CinematographyMichael Marszalek
Edited byRenate Willeg
Music byKlaus Doldinger
Production
company
FIOR Film
Distributed byEckelkamp Verleih
Release date
  • 22 August 1968 (1968-08-22)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

Negresco (German: Negresco - Eine tödliche Affäre) is a 1968 West German crime drama film directed by Klaus Lemke and starring Ira von Fürstenberg, Paul Hubschmid and Gérard Blain.[1] The film's sets were designed by the art director Monika Altmann.[2] Location shooting took place at the Villa Kerylos in Beaulieu-sur-Mer. It was produced as part of the New German Cinema movement.[3]

Synopsis

In West Berlin the British photographer Roger meets Laura, a model and the two head to the French Riviera together, but soon find themselves in danger from the activities Laura's villainous husband Parrish.

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References

Bibliography

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