Der Joker
  The Joker / Leathal obsession
 
Jonathan Carroll
Peter Patzak
Directed by:   Peter Patzak
Screenplay by:  
Starring:   Peter Maffay
Michael York
Tahnee Welch
Armin Mueller-Stahl 
Photography by:   Igor Luther
Dietrich Lohmann
Music by:   Tony Carey
Carl Carlton
Frank Diez
Peter Maffay
Produced by:   Lisa Film
K.S.Film
CTV 72
Year of Production:   1987
Technical Dates:   Color, Dolby Stereo, 93 min.
  Three dead bodies are found in a hotel room. The only evidence is a teddy bear, stuffed with heroin and an ace of spades by the phone. For officers Jan Bogdan and Tony Blach, two of Hamburg's finest, this clue says it all. The ace is the "trademark" of a professional killer called Dr. Proper, the victims - members of Hamburg's biggest syndicate, the motif - a warning to others not to try selling drugs on their own. However, what at first looks like a routine police investigation, becomes a personal war as Bogdan falls prey to the syndicate's next assault. Stuck to a wheelchair, he vows revenge ...
 
Versions:   German, Englisch and Hungarian
Rights:   All Rights
Territory:   Worldwide subject to availability