Directed by:
Ulli LommelScreenplay:
Kurt RaabCinematography:
Jürgen JürgesComposer:
Peer RabenCast:
Kurt Raab, Ingrid Caven, Brigitte Mira, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Jürgen Prochnow, Ulli Lommel, El Hedi ben Salem, Margit Carstensen, Hans Hirschmüller (more)Plots(1)
Fritz Haarmann, aka the Butcher of Hanover and the Vampire of Hanover, was a German serial killer responsible for the murders of two dozen boys and young men during the so-called years of crisis between the wars. His case would partly inspire Fritz Lang's M, and its central character portrayed by Peter Lorre, as well as this forgotten gem from 1973. Tenderness of the Wolves treats the viewer to a few weeks in the company of a killer. Baby-faced and shaven-headed, in a manner that recalls both M and F.W. Murnau's Nosferatu, Haarmann is a fascinating, repulsive figure. Using his status as a police informant to procure his victims, he dismembers their bodies after death and sells the flesh to restaurants, dumping the remainder out of sight. This isn't an easy film to watch, but it certainly gets under the skin. (Arrow Films)
(more)Cast
Kurt Raab
German Empire
Best movies:
Der Zauberberg (1982)
Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
The Stationmaster's Wife (1977) (TV movie)
Ingrid Caven
German Empire
Best movies:
Narcissus and Psyche (1980)
Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
Martha (1974) (TV movie)
Brigitte Mira
German Empire
Best movies:
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
Satan's Brew (1976)
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Germany
Best movies:
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series) - actor, narrator
Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
Jürgen Prochnow
German Empire
Best movies:
The Boat (1981)
Padre Pio: Miracle Man (2000) (TV movie)
Remember (2015)
Ulli Lommel
German Empire
Best movies:
Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? (1970)
Satan's Brew (1976)
Chinese Roulette (1976)
El Hedi ben Salem
Morocco
Best movies:
Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
Martha (1974) (TV movie)
Jail Bait (1973) (TV movie)
Margit Carstensen
German Empire
Best movies:
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
Martha (1974) (TV movie)
Satan's Brew (1976)
Hans Hirschmüller
Romania
Best movies:
Alice in the Cities (1974)
Katzelmacher (1969)
The Merchant of Four Seasons (1971)
Irm Hermann
German Empire
Best movies:
Der Zauberberg (1982)
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
Rosel Zech
German Empire
Best movies:
Aimee & Jaguar (1999)
Off Beat (2004)
Lola (1981)
Peer Raben
German Empire
Best movies:
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? (1970)
I Only Want You to Love Me (1976) (TV movie)
Karl Scheydt
Best movies:
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
The Stationmaster's Wife (1977) (TV movie)
Peter Chatel
German Empire
Best movies:
Martha (1974) (TV movie)
Satan's Brew (1976)
Fist-Right of Freedom (1975)
Heinrich Giskes
Best movies:
As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me (2001)
Heidi (2015)
The Tenderness of Wolves (1973)
Doris Mattes
Best movies:
Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
The Stationmaster's Wife (1977) (TV movie)
Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? (1970)
Rudolf Waldemar Brem
Germany
Best movies:
Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
Martha (1974) (TV movie)
Jail Bait (1973) (TV movie)
Christoph Eichhorn
West Germany
Best movies:
Der Zauberberg (1982)
Peter the Great (1986) (series)
The Tenderness of Wolves (1973)
Friedrich-Karl Praetorius
West Germany
Best movies:
The Tenderness of Wolves (1973)
Hotel Lux (2011)
Die wilden Fünfziger (1983)
Rainer Will
Best movies:
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
Palermo oder Wolfsburg (1980)
Lola (1981)