---
title: 'A Degree of Murder (1967)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Volker Schlöndorff'
released: '1967-04-19'
runtime_minutes: 87
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-degree-of-murder-1967'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061992/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# A Degree of Murder (1967)

1967 · 87 min · Drama · Germany

Original title: Mord und Totschlag

## Synopsis

Degree of Murder is a 1967 West German crime drama film directed by Volker Schlöndorff and starring Anita Pallenberg, Werner Enke and Hans Peter Hallwachs. The film is mainly known because of the soundtrack composed by Brian Jones, Pallenberg's boyfriend at the time. The film won three German Film Awards. Part of the New German Cinema movement, it was entered into the 1967 Cannes Film Festival. It was filmed in Eastmancolor in West Germany in 1967.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Volker Schlöndorff](https://cinepixo.com/people/volker-schlondorff)
- **Screenplay:** [Volker Schlöndorff](https://cinepixo.com/people/volker-schlondorff), [Gregor von Rezzori](https://cinepixo.com/people/gregor-von-rezzori), [Niklas Frank](https://cinepixo.com/people/niklas-frank)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Brian Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-jones)
- **Producer:** [Rob Houwer](https://cinepixo.com/people/rob-houwer)
- **Director of Photography:** [Franz Rath](https://cinepixo.com/people/franz-rath)
- **Editor:** [Claus von Boro](https://cinepixo.com/people/claus-von-boro)

## Cast

- [Werner Enke](https://cinepixo.com/people/werner-enke)
- [Willy Harlander](https://cinepixo.com/people/willy-harlander)
- [Hans Peter Hallwachs](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-peter-hallwachs)
- [Anita Pallenberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/anita-pallenberg)

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