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Scene of the Crime: A Tooth for a Tooth ()

Zahn um Zahn (original title)
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A man who has just become unemployed kills his closest relatives before he judges himself. Commissioner Schimanski determined.

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Schimanski
Renan Demirkan ...
Ulli
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Hacker
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Thanner
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Grassmann
Herbert Steinmetz ...
Krüger
Louis-Marie Taillefer ...
Bonano
Julien Maurel ...
Jean Pierre
Ulrich Matschoss ...
Königsberg
Martin Lüttge ...
Wilkens
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Corti
Claude Carliez ...
Jules
Erich Bar ...
Manni
Bilal Inci ...
Wirt
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Brigitte Janner ...
Stewardess (uncredited)

Directed by

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Hajo Gies

Written by

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Horst Söhnlein ... () (as Horst Vocks) and
Thomas Wittenburg ... ()
 
Hajo Gies ... (story adaption)
 
Hartmut Grund ... (story adaption)

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Bernd Eichinger ... co-producer
Hartmut Grund ... producer
Helmut Krapp ... supervising producer
Heidi Steinhaus ... producer: WDR

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Klaus Lage Band

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Jürgen Jürges

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Margot von Schlieffen

Editorial Department

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Gaby Seyfried ... assistant editor
Nina Viereck ... assistant editor

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Winfried Hennig

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Rosemarie Hettmann

Makeup Department

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Noni Kuzmin ... makeup artist
Peter Müller ... makeup artist

Production Management

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Susi Dölfes ... production manager
Jan Hinter ... unit manager
Horst Hoffmann ... unit manager
Hannes Müller ... assistant unit manager
Alexandru Riosanu ... assistant production manager
Friedhelm Schatz ... general production manager
Roch Siffredi ... assistant unit manager (as Roc Siffredi)
Ernst R. von Theumer Jr. ... production manager (as Ernst v. Theumer Jun.)

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Walter Brun ... assistant director
Jan Fantl ... assistant director / second unit director
Hugo Schäfer ... assistant director
Elke Vogt ... assistant director

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Michael Assinger ... props
Magnus Krüger ... set builder
Michael Schrader ... set builder
Rolf Taute ... props
Sheridan Williams ... assistant production designer

Sound Department

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Alfons Kagermeier ... assistant sound
Christian Schubert ... sound mixer
Karsten Ullrich ... sound

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Peter Lange ... special effects
Heinz Ludwig ... special effects

Stunts

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Gerd Grzesczak ... stunt arranger
Antonella Mantica ... stunts
Hans Seck ... stunts (as Hansi Seck)
Götz George ... stunts (uncredited)

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Raimund Kaiser ... lighting technician
Harald Kerl ... lighting technician
Anton Klima ... assistant camera
Gabrielle Kracht ... still photographer
Martin Kukula ... assistant camera (as Martin Kukulla)
Joachim Langhans ... gaffer
Erich Lechner ... lighting technician
Werner Ritt ... lighting technician
Ludwig Sauermann ... lighting technician
Thomas Schumann ... still photographer
Vlastimil Vonavka ... lighting technician
Peter Bischoff ... still photographer (uncredited)

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Krista Goldner ... wardrobe
Nicole Tiramani ... wardrobe
Angela Alcala Toca ... wardrobe (as Angela Alcaca-Toca)

Location Management

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Stefan Cantz ... location manager
Jacob Clausen ... location manager
Pierre Colombier ... location manager

Music Department

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Klaus Lage Band ... music performers

Additional Crew

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Theresa Saravier ... caterer
Crew believed to be complete

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Taglines Götz George ist Schimanski (Götz George is Schimanski) (German 1988 VHS release) See more »
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Also Known As
  • Tatort - Zahn um Zahn (West Germany)
  • Scene of the Crime: A Tooth for a Tooth (United States)
  • On the Killer's Track (Canada, English title)
  • On the Killer's Track (United Kingdom)
  • Tras el rastro de los asesinos (Spain)
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  • 95 min
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Trivia This movie is a cinema-spin-off from the successful German TV series Tatort (1970) with Götz George as Schimanski. It is the first "Tatort"-episode that was produced for cinema. See more »
Movie Connections Followed by The Crack Connection (1987). See more »
Soundtracks Faust auf Faust See more »

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