The Net (1975)
Das Netz
The aging writer Aurelio Morelli is disillusioned: although the critics like his books, they are barely read. He develops hatred on youth and their depraved moral. One night he goes with a callgirl - and kills her. The police doesn't have a clue, only the unscrupulous sensational journalist Bossi suspects him. Instead of naming him to the police, he persuades Morelli to write about the murder for his paper. Morelli uses the occasion to write his memoirs, in which he confesses lots of other crimes before this last one...
- Date of release
- 1975-12-25
- TMDB
- 6.3 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Genres
- Thriller, Drama
- Director
- Manfred Purzer
Casting
- Mel Ferrer — Aurelio Morelli
- Klaus Kinski — Emilio Bossi
- Susanne Uhlen — Agnese
- Elke Sommer — Christa Sonntag
- Andrea Rau — Herta Enzian
- Heinz Bennent — Inspektor Canonica
- Franz Rudnick — Assistent
- Willi Rose — Whitaker
- Sabine von Maydell — Bibliothekarin
- Sonja Jeannine — Vera Pisenti
- Maria D'Incoronato — Girl at Francesco's Party
- Giovannella Grifeo — Lucia
Interesting facts
The Net is a 1975 West German drama film directed by Manfred Purzer and starring Mel Ferrer. It is based on the novel The Poisoned Stream by Hans Habe.
Read on Wikipedia · Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Data from Wikidata.
Recommended
- The Dead Girl 2006 · ★ 6.0
- Cop 1988 · ★ 6.4
- 52 Pick-Up 1986 · ★ 6.1
- Tyler Perry's Duplicity 2025 · ★ 6.6
- Deceiver 1997 · ★ 6.0
- Joe 2014 · ★ 6.5
- Tightrope 1984 · ★ 6.2
- Vice Squad 1982 · ★ 6.2
- The Calendar Killer 2024 · ★ 6.2
- Basic Instinct 1992 · ★ 7.0
- The Truth About Emanuel 2013 · ★ 6.0
- They Call Me Mister Tibbs! 1970 · ★ 5.9