GERMANY · 1982

Hammett

Wim Wenders
New German Cinema film noir pulp fiction writing private detective 1920s San Francisco redemption through mystery
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Chinatown, San Francisco, 1928. Former private detective Dashiell Hammett, a compulsive drinker with tuberculosis who writes pulp fiction for a living, receives an unexpected visit from an old friend asking for help.

Year1982
CountryGermany
DirectorWim Wenders
Hammett poster

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