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X + YY: Formel des Bösen
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X + YY: Formel des Bösen

1970-01-16 · 78 min · ★ 9.0

Crime · Thriller

Playboy Red Mitchell suffers from chromosome malformation X+YY, a dangerous deformity of the libido. At night, driven by inner turmoil, he roams the streets of the city and murders women. Preferably young, pretty girls who become his victims after he has seen them naked in his imagination with his X-ray vision and then undresses them in real life to kill them. But he soon leaves traces behind, and a cunning detective who suspects his chromosomal drive is on Mitchell's trail...

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Directors
Pavel Jovic, Teja Piegeler
Production companies
Brünnstein-Film
Countries
Germany
Status
Released

Top Cast

Ljubiša SamardžićLjubiša SamardžićRed Mitchell
Kai FischerKai FischerMadame Odette
Miloje 'Mića' OrlovićMiloje 'Mića' OrlovićInspector Donat
Albert HehnAlbert HehnState Attorney
Leonina PavlovićMillionaire's Daughter
Stefan ZessnerPolice Assistant
Hilde BrandHilde BrandVictim
Gertrud OswaldVictim
Manuela KoblichVictim
Elfriede SchleicherVictim
Alexander MillerGangster
Georg HestonGangster
Sunčica StankovićDancer
Klaus KühnParty Guest
Wolfgang Farian
Teja Piegeler
Zlatko Čajkovski
Mikitza Milock
Petar Radenković
Đorđe Nenadović

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