Ein Mord liegt auf der Hand
★ 10 · 1983 · 89m · Crime · TV Movie · Comedy
What good is having a title of nobility if you're practically broke? Count Carl-Enno zu Wutzbach therefore comes up with the idea of marrying off his daughter Sylvia. He has chosen brewery owner Oscar Betzel as her husband. But then a fortune teller makes him an eerie prediction: he will commit murder!
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