Das Messer

The Pacific in autumn, salt on the lawyer’s collar from the courtroom steps. A golden widow’s gold digger husband weaves silk ties through his fingers in a glass booth while a disbarred attorney sharpens pencils like knives. The air tastes of iodine and lies. A trial by sunlight striped through venetian blinds. She quotes case law in silk scarves; he counts the seconds before the subpoena drops. Like a John Grisham fever dream directed by Polanski’s paranoid cousin.

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Richard Marquand directed Das Messer in 1985. See Richard Marquand's full filmography, where to start with Richard Marquand, or where to go after you've seen everything by Richard Marquand.

Das Messer was released in 1985 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 108 minutes.