Directed by Alfred Vohrer Music by Peter Thomas | Produced by Horst Wendlandt Cinematography Karl Löb | |
Written by Herbert Reinecker
Harald G. Petersson
based on a novel by Edgar Wallace Starring Joachim Fuchsberger
Heinz Drache | ||
Der Hexer (translated into English alternatively as The Ringer, The Wizard or The Mysterious Magician) is a 1964 West German black and white mystery film directed by Alfred Vohrer and starring Joachim Fuchsberger. It was part of a very successful series of German films based on the writings of Edgar Wallace and adapted from the 1925 novel titled The Ringer (originally: The Gaunt Stranger). In 1965 a sequel Neues vom Hexer was released.
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Cast
Production
The film was adapted from the 1925 novel by Edgar Wallace titled The Ringer (originally: The Gaunt Stranger). An earlier German version had been made in the Weimar Republic in 1932, also called Der Hexer.
Cinematography took place from 3 June to 10 July 1964 at Hamburg and at the CCC-Studios at Berlin-Spandau.
Release
The FSK gave the film a rating of 16 and up and found it not appropriate for screenings on public holidays.
It premiered on 21 August 1964 at the Alhambra in Düsseldorf.