Several employees on a nobleman’s estate show up at a former abbey, reputed to be haunted, to search for a hidden treasure. Howver, a mysterious hooded figure begins killing off those who may have figured out where the treasure is hidden.Read More »
Joachim Fuchsberger
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Franz Josef Gottlieb – Der schwarze Abt AKA The Black Abbot (1963)
1961-1970CrimeFranz Josef GottliebGermanyMystery -
Ákos Ráthonyi – Das Geheimnis der gelben Narzissen AKA The Devil’s Daffodil (1961)
1961-1970Ákos RáthonyiCrimeGermanyThrillerDetectives working for an airline suspect a club owner of smuggling heroin in consignments of artificial flowers. Meanwhile, Scotland Yard are investigating a series of killings of young women associated with the club, all the bodies being found along with a handful of plastic daffodils…Read More »
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Harald Reinl – Zimmer 13 AKA Room 13 (1964)
1961-1970CrimeGermanyHarald ReinlThrillerSynopsis:
This crime thriller contains enough comedy and blood to interest almost any movie fan. Shady underworld thugs gather in a seedy Soho hotel in Room 13 to plan a train robbery. They plan to rendezvous in the mansion of a member of Parliament who is being blackmailed for his ties to the gang 20 years earlier. Simultaneously, a mysterious slasher is murdering women with a straight razor. Jonny Gray (Joachim Fuschberger) is the detective who is called on to solve the robbery and the murders.Read More » -
Ferdinand Khittl – Das magische Band AKA The Magic Tape (1959)
1951-1960DocumentaryFerdinand KhittlGermanyShort FilmDas magische Band – West Germany 1959, 21 min.
Directed by: Ferdinand Khittl
Written by: Bodo Blüthner, Ferdinand Khittl, Ernst von Khuon
Cinematography by: Ronald Martini
Music by: Oskar Sala
Edited by: Irmgard Henrici
Cast: Margot Trooger, Ferdinand Khittl
Produced by: Gesellschaft für bildende Filme, MünchenOne of the 3 short films that came as an extra on Edition Filmmuseum 47: Die Parallelstrasse AKA The Parallel Street (Ferdinand Khittl, 1962).
An innovative documentary on magnetic tape & sound recording, sort of in the style of Charles and Ray Eames.Read More »