The Tenderness of the Wolves [Blu-ray/DVD] [2 Discs]

Overview

The exploits of two similarly monstrous multiple murderers' are shown in this German crime drama, produced by Rainer Werner Fassbinder's film group. The first murderer's exploits are based on a true story and recounts events which happened in the dark times of the 1920s. It was during that time that a man who worked as a police informant in the railyards seduced and murdered at least 25 young boys, butchered them, and sold their meat on the black market. The second tale depicts another man doing much the same thing during the hungry times of the late '40s. Each gruesome tale is depicted without cinematic editorializing, perhaps because the actions of the murderers are sufficiently repellent that they do not require explicit disapproval from the filmmaker.

Product Details

Release Date:	11/03/2015
UPC:	0760137782797
Original Release:	1973
Rating:	NR
Source:	Arrow Video
Region Code:	12A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Language:	English
Time:	1:22:00

Special Features

Audio commentary by director Ulli Lommel, moderated by Uwe Huber; Introduction by Lommel; The Tender Wolf, a newly-filmed interview with Lommel; Photographing Fritz, a newly-filmed interview with director of photography Jürgen Jürges; Haarmann's Victim Talks, a newly-filmed interview with actor Rainer Will; An appreciation by Stephen Thrower, author of Nightmare USA and Murderous Passions: The Delirious Cinema of Jesús Franco; Stills gallery; Theatrical trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Brigitte Mira	Actor
Kurt Raab	Haarmann
Peer Raben	Actor
Renate Grosser	Actor
Rosel Zech	Actor
Irm Hermann	Actor
Jürgen Prochnow	Actor
Heinrich Giskes	Actor
Rainer Werner Fassbinder	Actor
Peter Gauhe	Actor
Margit Carstensen	Frau Linder
Ingrid Caven	Actor
Wolfgang Schenck	Actor
Jeff Roden	Actor

Technical Credits

Kurt Raab

Ulli Lommel	Director
Kurt Raab	Screenwriter