Wer stirbt schon gerne unter Palmen (1974)
Synopsis
The wealthy plantation owner Pinaud is brutally murdered in Ceylon. His attractive German wife Anne is suspected of the crime and arrested by Inspector Cerdan. He is ordered to take her to Colombo. But the plane on the way there gets caught in a heavy storm and crashes shortly afterwards. Anne Pinaud and Cerdan are the only survivors of the crew and save themselves on a desert island. There they come across Werner Becker, who has been shipwrecked with his yacht and is also stranded here. While Cerdan continues to believe Anne is guilty of the crime, Werner believes she is innocent. Soon the tension between the two men builds up and they become rivals for Anne's favor.
Release Date: 1974-09-11
Runtime: 84 minutes
Director: Alfred Vohrer
Top Cast
- Thomas Hunter as Werner Becker
- Hannes Messemer as Jean-Pierre Pinaud
- Maria Gudy as Anne Pinaud
- Dieter Eppler as Jules Pinaud
- Monika Rohde as Lindy (uncredited)
- Sieghardt Rupp as Heller
- Glauco Onorato as Paul Cerdan
- Harald Leipnitz as Werner Becker (voice) (uncredited)
- Rosemarie Kirstein as (voice) (uncredited)
- Robin Fernando as
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