# Ein perfekter Mord (1998)

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**Original title**: *A Perfect Murder*
**Runtime**: 107 min
**Genres**: Crime, Thriller, Drama
**Directed by**: Andrew Davis
**Written by**: Frederick Knott, Patrick Smith Kelly
**Starring**: Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow, Viggo Mortensen, David Suchet, Sarita Choudhury, Michael P. Moran

> *A powerful husband. An unfaithful wife. A jealous lover. All of them have a motive. Each of them has a plan.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Steam rising off a Manhattan penthouse at midnight, the flicker of a single desk lamp.

A billionaire counts diamonds against divorce papers while his wife’s voice cracks on a burner phone across town.

Alfred Hitchcock by way of Wall Street, only the money talks louder.

**Mood tags**: paranoid, slow-burn

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