From the Life of the Marionettes (1980)
Aus dem Leben der Marionetten
"The Woman He's About to Touch is a Dream. The Murder He's About to Commit is Not."
ThumbScore
👍 81%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 64%
(RT: 64%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Robert Atzorn as Peter Egerman
Christine Buchegger as Katarina Egerman
Martin Benrath as Mogensjensen
Rita Russek as Katharina Krafft
Lola Müthel as Cordelia Egerman
Walter Schmidinger as Tim Mandelbaum
Heinz Bennent as Arthur Brenner
Karl Heinz Pelser as Untersuchungsrichter
Is From the Life of the Marionettes good?
Most people think so. 81% audience score, estimated from 122 TMDB ratings. Critics gave it 64%.
Overview
An account of the events before and after a murder committed by a disturbed businessman in a strained marriage, and what led him to perform such a shocking act. Wikipedia ↗
