Agatha, Stop That Murdering!
{{Short description|1960 film}}
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{{Infobox film
|name = Agatha, Stop That Murdering!
|image = Agatha, Stop That Murdering!.jpg
|caption = German film poster
|native_name = {{Infobox name module|de|Agatha, laß das Morden sein!}}
|director = Dietrich Haugk
|producer = {{ubl|Hans Abich|Heinz Angermeyer|Rolf Thiele|Gottfried Wegeleben}}
|writer = {{ubl|Eva Anger|Franz Geiger|Karl Peter Gillmann|Stefan Gommermann|Dietrich Haugk|Franz Marischka|Franz M. Schilder|Wolfgang Schnitzler|Hans Schweikart|Gottfried Wegeleben|Hugo Wiener}}
|starring = Johanna von Koczian
Klausjürgen Wussow
Elisabeth Flickenschildt
|music = Hans-Martin Majewski
|cinematography = Günther Senftleben
|editing = Anneliese Schönnenbeck
|studio = Filmaufbau
|distributor = Constantin Film
|released = {{Film date|1960|12|22|df=yes}}
|runtime = 98 minutes
|country = West Germany
|language = German
}}
Agatha, Stop That Murdering! (German: Agatha, laß das Morden sein!) is a 1960 West German comedy crime film directed by Dietrich Haugk and starring Johanna von Koczian, Klausjürgen Wussow and Elisabeth Flickenschildt.{{cite book|editor-link1=Hans-Michael Bock|editor-last1=Bock|editor-first1=Hans-Michael|editor-last2=Bergfelder|editor-first2=Tim|title=The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema|publisher=Berghahn Books|year=2009|location=New York|page=242|isbn=978-1571816559|jstor=j.ctt1x76dm6 |last1=Hake |first1=Sabine |doi=10.2307/j.ctt1x76dm6 |s2cid=252868046 }} It is a parody both of the ongoing film series of Edgar Wallace adaptations and the traditions of the mystery novels of Agatha Christie.
The film's sets were designed by the art directors Franz Bi and Bruno Monden. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich.
Plot
A famous female crime novelist goes to stay in a country house, where a killer is on the loose.
Cast
{{castlist|
- Johanna von Koczian as Agatha Scott
- Klausjürgen Wussow as Dr. Peter Brent
- Elisabeth Flickenschildt as Sylvia Brent, his aunt
- Peter Vogel as Edgar Karter
- Hans Dieter Zeidler as David
- Wolfgang Kieling as Philip
- Karl Lieffen as Thomas Lorenzen
- Beppo Brem as Landgendarm
- Egon Vogel as institutional physician
- Paul Bös as coffin seller
- Gudrun Thielemann as secretary
}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb title|0053575}}
Category:1960s crime comedy films
Category:German crime comedy films
Category:Films directed by Dietrich Haugk
Category:Constantin Film films
Category:Films shot at Bavaria Studios
Category:1960s German-language films
Category:Films scored by Hans-Martin Majewski
Category:German-language crime comedy films
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