Die Zärtlichkeit der Wölfe
Tenderness of the Wolves
Source: Deutsche Kinemathek, © Rainer Werner Fassbinder Foundation
Kurt Raab
Die Zärtlichkeit der Wölfe | Tenderness of the Wolves by Ulli Lommel
BRD 1973, Retrospective
Source: Deutsche Kinemathek, © Rainer Werner Fassbinder Foundation
Ulli Lommel’s film about a serial killer in the early post-war era echoes the real story of “wolf man” murderer Fritz Haarmann. A mix of Fritz Lang’s M and Hitchcock’s Psycho that follows in the tradition of Weimar cinema.