Im Banne des Unheimlichen
Im Banne des Unheimlichen (aka The Zombie Walks) | |
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Directed by | Alfred Vohrer |
Produced by | Horst Wendlandt |
Written by | Edgar Wallace Ladislas Fodor |
Starring | Joachim Fuchsberger Siw Mattson |
Music by | Peter Thomas |
Cinematography | Karl Löb |
Edited by | Jutta Hering |
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Country | West Germany |
Language | German |
Im Banne des Unheimlichen (lit. Under the Spell of the Sinister; English title The Zombie Walks, aka The Hand of Power) is a 1968 West German crime film directed by Alfred Vohrer and starring Joachim Fuchsberger and Siw Mattson.[1] It is part of a series of German screen adaptations of Edgar Wallace's thriller novels.
Plot
Scotland Yard's Inspector Higgins (Joachim Fuchsberger) becomes involved in a case that began with the corpse of Sir Oliver supposedly laughing from inside of his own coffin during his funeral. Soon people who were close to Sir Oliver start to get killed. Sir Oliver's brother Sir Cecil swears he saw his dead brother jaunting around the countryside in a skeleton costume. Higgins teams up with reporter Peggy Brand (Siw Mattson) and his bumbling chief Sir Arthur (Hubert von Meyerinck) to unmask the villain who is killing people with a poisoned scorpion ring.
Cast
- Joachim Fuchsberger as Inspektor Higgins
- Siw Mattson as Peggy Ward
- Wolfgang Kieling as Sir Cecil
- Hubert von Meyerinck as Sir Arthur
- Pinkas Braun as The Stranger
- Claude Farell as Adela
- de as Ramiro
- Siegfried Rauch as Dr. Brand
- de as Mr. Merryl
- de as Mrs. Potter
- de as Mr. Potter
- Lillemor Lindfors as Sabrina
- Ilse Pagé as Miss Finley
- de as Professor Bound
- de as Bannister
- Jimmy Powell as Casper
Production
The screenplay for the film is based on the novel The Hand of Power by Edgar Wallace.[2]
Reception
The FSK gave the film a rating of "16 and up" and found it not appropriate for screenings on public holidays. The film premiered at the "Europa" cinema at Oberhausen on 26 April 1968.[2]
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External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Im Banne des Unheimlichen at IMDb
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- 1968 films
- German-language films
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- 1960s mystery films
- 1960s thriller films
- German mystery films
- German thriller films
- West German films
- Films directed by Alfred Vohrer
- Films based on British novels
- Films set in England
- Films based on works by Edgar Wallace
- 1960s German film stubs
- 1960s crime film stubs