Sep 11, 1974
84 min
Full-HD

Wer stirbt schon gerne unter Palmen (1974)

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.

Category

Crime Drama

Country

Germany

Companies

TV 13 Fernseh und Filmgesellschaft Terra-Filmkunst

Thomas Hunter

Werner Becker

Hannes Messemer

Jean-Pierre Pinaud

Dieter Eppler

Jules Pinaud

Maria Gudy

Anne Pinaud

Monika Rohde

Lindy (uncredited)

Sieghardt Rupp

Heller

Glauco Onorato

Paul Cerdan

Harald Leipnitz

Werner Becker (voice) (uncredited)

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