Wer stirbt schon gerne unter Palmen (1974)
19741h 24mCrimeDrama
The wealthy plantation owner Pinaud is brutally murdered in Ceylon. His attractive German wife Anne is suspected of the crime and arrested by Inspector Cerdan. He is ordered to take her to Colombo. But the plane on the way there gets caught in a heavy storm and crashes shortly afterwards. Anne Pinaud and Cerdan are the only survivors of the crew and save themselves on a desert island. There they come across Werner Becker, who has been shipwrecked with his yacht and is also stranded here. While Cerdan continues to believe Anne is guilty of the crime, Werner believes she is innocent. Soon the tension between the two men builds up and they become rivals for Anne's favor.
Cast
Thomas HunterWerner Becker
Hannes MessemerJean-Pierre Pinaud
Dieter EpplerJules Pinaud- MMaria GudyAnne Pinaud
Monika RohdeLindy (uncredited)
Sieghardt RuppHeller
Glauco OnoratoPaul Cerdan
Harald LeipnitzWerner Becker (voice) (uncredited)- RRosemarie Kirstein(voice) (uncredited)
- RRobin Fernando
- RRanji Suranimala
- SSuraj Jayawickrama
- CChandra Ediriweera
Crew
- Director
- Alfred Vohrer
- Writers
- Werner P. Zibaso
- Producers
- Hans Pflüger
- Cinematography
- Charly Steinberger
- Editing
- Ingeborg Taschner
Details
- Released
- September 11, 1974
- Language
- German
- Studio
- Terra-Filmkunst, TV13
- IMDb
- tt0072395
