A German serial killer preys on boys and young men during the so-called years of crisis between the wars. Based on the true story of Fritz Haarmann, aka the Butcher of Hanover and the Vampire of Hanover.
Kurt Raab
as Insp. Fritz Haarmann
Jeff Roden
as Hans Grans
Margit Carstensen
as Frau Lindner
Ingrid Caven
as Dora
Wolfgang Schenck
as Kommissar Braun
Brigitte Mira
as Louise Engel
Rainer Hauer
as Kommissar Müller
Barbara Bertram
as Elli
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
as Wittowski
Heinrich Giskes
as Lungis
Friedrich Karl Praetorius
as Kurt Fromm
Karl von Liebezeit
as Herr Engel
