The Tell-Tale Heart
1979, German. Directed by Karl-Heinz Kramberg.
A man is sitting in a padded cell. He remembers how he got there. Munich in the run-up to Christmas: The loner roams the city, has abnormal ideas when looking at the most harmless things and wants to turn his perverse fantasies into reality. To do this, he chooses an old man whom he happens to see in a shop. He perfectly plans a perfidious, cruel murder.
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- 1h 0m
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- Language
- German
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- Released
- 27 December 1979
- Original title
- Das verräterische Herz
- Country
- Germany
- Written by
- Edgar Allan Poe
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The Tell-Tale Heart runs 60 minutes (1h 0m).
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Which OTT platform is The Tell-Tale Heart on?
The Tell-Tale Heart isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 27 December 1979. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
What movies are like The Tell-Tale Heart?
If you liked The Tell-Tale Heart, try The Bad Seed Returns, American Horror House, The Woman in Black.
Who directed The Tell-Tale Heart?
The Tell-Tale Heart (1979) was directed by Karl-Heinz Kramberg and stars Hans Clarin, Ferdy Mayne.