The Man in Pyjamas

Written byProduced byStarringCinematographyHeinz HölscherEdited bySybille WindtMusic byWilhelm Dieter SiebertDistributed byTobis Film95 minutesCountryWest GermanyLanguageGerman

The Man in Pyjamas (German: Der Mann im Pyjama) is a 1981 West German comedy film directed by Christian Rateuke and Hartmann Schmige, starring Otto Sander and Elke Sommer.^[1] The film won the Ernst Lubitsch Award for best actor (Sander).

The film's sets were designed by art director Werner Achmann.

Plot

The story, set in Berlin in 1981, centres around a man in his pajamas and bathrobe who goes out to buy cigarettes and experiences a series of events that have him chased by inept police officers, an angry husband, a taxi driver, and various other characters.^[2]

Cast

• Otto Sander as Rudi
• Elke Sommer as Bärbel Lachmann
• Peter Fitz as Harry Lachmann, Detective inspector
• Hermann Lause as Bruno, Patrolman
• Erich Schwarz as Hans-Christian, Patrolman
• Friedrich G. Beckhaus [de] as Otto Kaiser, Deputy Chief
• Karl-Heinz Vosgerau as Consul Becker
• Jochen Schroeder as Taxi driver
• Kurt Zips as Neighbour with the white poodle
• Pit Krüger as Volkswagen driver
• Ute Koska as Helga
• Günther Kieslich as Bank robber disguised as a sewer worker
• Tayfun Bademsoy as Turk

References

Bibliography

• Eric Rentschler. West German film in the course of time: reflections on the twenty years since Oberhausen. Redgrave Publishing Company, 1984.

External links

• The Man in Pyjamas at IMDb