KRIMI THE ENCYCLOPEDIA PT 1: 1958-1964 OUT DECEMBER 2025
This was meant as a database to have a quick overview on the Krimis we would write about. Trying to get them all in was already a task. Then I decided to pick some of the movies that I had not yet seen and review them here. Then the reviews got longer and longer. And with me, story-arches about how these films with all their interacting protagonists (producers, directors, financiers and actors) built in my synapses. So why not sit down and chronologically review and research all those movies. Their genesis, their performance and their legacy. This will be strictly KRIMI movies, so no french or spanish ones (co-productions though count) and the fringe movies like Vicecrime ("Sittenfilm"), Dramas or Comedies get mentioned by the way and sometimes get the full treatment. To describe the whole genre, cultural influences will be detected and analysed and the huge impact of true-crime cases (Rosemarie Nitribitt etc.) will be evalued. I will look at the business side of the movie i...
