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Ein tödliches Verhältnis (1998)
A great thriller with too many titles!
Does someone know why this movie has so many titles? "The Little Girl Who Fell From the Tree" is clearly the superior one. I got out my German dictionary and figured out that "Ein Toedliches Verhaeltnis" translates into "A Deadly Affair". Maybe that's okay for an episode of "Murder She Wrote", but it certainly doesn't live up to the classiness displayed on screen throughout this very superior and suspenseful German thriller. I'm a huge fan of this genre, "The Black Widow", "Fatal Attraction", etc., and this one is clearly a cut above the others. This director makes no secret of his obsession with Master Hitchcock and thoroughly understands how to integrate music as an active member of the narrative. I highly recommend this film (if you can find it!) to anyone who thinks they've already seen everything the femme fatal genre has to offer. Gorgeously filmed.