Editing Fritz Haarmann (section)

==Media==
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===Film===
* The first film to draw inspiration from the Haarmann case, ''[[M (1931 film)|M]]'', was released in 1931. Directed by [[Fritz Lang]], ''M'' starred [[Peter Lorre]] as a fictional child killer named Hans Beckert. In addition to drawing inspiration from the case of Fritz Haarmann, ''M'' was also inspired by the then-recent and notorious crimes of [[Peter Kürten]] and [[Carl Großmann]].
* The film ''[[The Tenderness of Wolves (film)|The Tenderness of the Wolves]]'' (''Die Zärtlichkeit der Wölfe'') was directly based upon Haarmann's crimes. This film was released in July 1973 and was directed by [[Ulli Lommel]]. ''The Tenderness of the Wolves'' was both written by and starred [[Kurt Raab]], who cast himself as Fritz Haarmann.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070957/.|title=Tenderness of the Wolves|date=12 July 1973|access-date=26 February 2017|publisher=IMDb}}</ref> German film director [[Rainer Werner Fassbinder]] produced the film and also appeared in a minor role as Haarmann's criminal accomplice, Hugo Wittkowski.
* The most recent film to be directly based upon Haarmann's murder spree, ''[[Deathmaker|Der Totmacher]]'' (''The Deathmaker''), was released in 1995. This film starred [[Götz George]] as Haarmann. ''Der Totmacher'' focuses upon the written records of the psychiatric examinations of Haarmann conducted by Ernst Schultze; one of the main psychiatric experts who was to testify at Haarmann's 1924 trial. The plot of ''Der Totmacher'' revolves around Haarmann's interrogation after his arrest, as he is being interviewed by a court psychiatrist.<ref>Horror International {{ISBN|978-0-814-33101-9}} p. 68</ref>
* The 2010 film ''[[Cyrus: Mind of a Serial Killer]]'', written and directed by Mark Vadik, was loosely based on both Haarmann<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.homemediamagazine.com/anchor-bay/cyrus-creeps-out-viewers-24252 |title = ''Cyrus'' Creeps Out Viewers|last = Ratcliff|first = Aashley |website = [[Home Media Magazine]] |date=17 June 2011 |access-date = 16 February 2017}}</ref> and American serial killer [[Henry Lee Lucas]].<ref>{{cite web|url = http://bloody-disgusting.com/interviews/25118/in-the-mind-of-madness-brief-interview-with-mark-vadik-brian-krause-of-cyrus/|title = In the Mind of Madness: Brief Interview with Mark Vadik & Brian Krause of ''Cyrus''|last = Taylor|first = Lauren|website = bloody-disgusting.com|publisher = [[Bloody Disgusting]]|date = 27 June 2011|access-date = 16 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.killerreviews.com/dispinterview.php?intid=1918|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111112225825/http://www.killerreviews.com/dispinterview.php?intid=1918|url-status = usurped|archive-date = 12 November 2011|title = Director Mark Vadik|last = Schmitt|first = Gavin|publisher = Killer Reviews|date = 7 March 2011|access-date = 16 February 2017}}</ref>

===Books===
* [[Nigel Cawthorne|Cawthorne, Nigel]]; Tibballs, Geoffrey (1993) ''Killers: The Ruthless Exponents of Murder'' {{ISBN|0-7522-0850-0}}
* Lane, Brian; Gregg, Wilfred (1992) ''The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers'' {{ISBN|978-0-747-23731-0}}
* [[Theodor Lessing|Lessing, Theodor]] (1925) ''Monsters of Weimar: Haarmann, the Story of a Werewolf'' {{ISBN|1-897743-10-6}}
* Marriner, Brian (1992) ''Cannibalism: The Last Taboo!'' {{ISBN|1-859-58495-0}}
* [[Colin Wilson|Wilson, Colin]]; Wilson, Damon (2006) ''The World's Most Evil Murderers: Real-Life Stories of Infamous Killers'' {{ISBN|978-1-405-48828-0}}
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