A Lost Life
1976, German. Directed by Ottokar Runze.
In this docudrama, police in the countryside near Berlin attempt to trick a confession out of a Polish guest worker for the 1927 murder of an eight-year-old girl.
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
- Rated
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- Released
- 12 March 1976
- Original title
- Verlorenes Leben
- Country
- Germany
- Written by
- Peter Hirche
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A Lost Life runs 92 minutes (1h 32m).
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A Lost Life isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 12 March 1976. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
What movies are like A Lost Life?
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Who directed A Lost Life?
A Lost Life (1976) was directed by Ottokar Runze and stars Gerhard Olschewski, Marius Müller-Westernhagen, Gert Haucke.