Tenderness of the Wolves

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Tenderness of the Wolves

1973

1h 22m

Crime

Drama

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A gay serial killer murders boys and feeds them to his fellow cannibals.

Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

A nasty little melodrama, lurid and creepy and sometimes bordering on demented humor. It's the kind of movie we may not exactly enjoy, but we don't walk out on.

Rated: 2.5/4

Nov 13, 2007

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Vincent Canby

New York Times

It is beautifully and enthusiastically performed and it doesn't contain a single superfluous or redundant camera movement.

Rated: 4/5

May 9, 2005

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

Though audiences are perhaps desensitized to the subject matter at hand, Tenderness of the Wolves remains a chilling and gruesomely effective film thanks to Raab's superb performance matched by the title's textured, gritty ambience.

Rated: 3.5/5

Oct 20, 2020

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

A flawed yet largely effective melodrama.

Rated: 2.5/4.0

Sep 26, 2020

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David Keyes

Cinemaphile.org

Part of what distances us from indulging the story's approach is our inability to see him as the madman painted by history books. His crimes are so simplified, even reduced.

Rated: 2.5/4

Nov 9, 2019

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

A black comedy of manners, but the crimes are so ghastly that they drown out the comedy.

Rated: A

Jan 23, 2006

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Ulli Lommel

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Kurt Raab

Insp. Fritz Haarmann

Margit Carstensen

Frau Lindner

Ingrid Caven

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Wolfgang Schenck

Kommissar Braun

Brigitte Mira

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Synopsis

A gay serial killer murders boys and feeds them to his fellow cannibals.

Director: Ulli Lommel
Producer: Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Michael Fengler
Screenwriter: Kurt Raab
Genre: Crime, Drama
Original Language: German
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 14, 2017
Runtime: 1h 22m

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