The Man in Pyjamas

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 Man in Pyjamas
Directed byChristian Rateuke
Hartmann Schmige
Produced byCarla Thoeren
Horst Wendlandt
Written byChristian Rateuke
Hartmann Schmige
StarringOtto Sander
Elke Sommer
Peter Fitz
Hermann Lause
Music byWilhelm Dieter Siebert
CinematographyHeinz Hölscher
Edited bySybille Windt
Production
company
Distributed byTobis Film
Release date
18 December 1981
Running time
95 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

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 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

  1. Rentschler p.74
  2. "Der Mann Im Pyjama". allmovie.com. Retrieved 7 December 2020.

Bibliography

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