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Cinematography | Heinz Hölscher |
Edited by | Sybille Windt |
Music by | Wilhelm Dieter Siebert |
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Distributed by | Tobis Film |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
Country | West Germany |
Language | German |
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 film's sets were designed by art director Werner Achmann.
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]