Im Banne des Unheimlichen
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Language German | 6/10 IMDb Genre Crime, Mystery, Thriller Duration Country West Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cast (Inspektor Higgins), Siw Mattson (Peggy Ward), (Sir Arthur), (Sir Cecil), (Der Fremde), (Adela)Release date 26 April 1968 (1968-04-26) Similar movies College Girl Murders (1967) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Edgar wallace im banne des unheimlichen trailer 1968
Im Banne des Unheimlichen (lit. Under the Spell of the Sinister; English title The Zombie Walks, a.k.a. The Hand of Power) is a 1968 West German crime film directed by Alfred Vohrer and starring Joachim Fuchsberger and Siw Mattson. It is part of a series of German screen adaptations of Edgar Wallace's thriller novels.
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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.
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Production
The screenplay for the film is based on the novel The Hand of Power by Edgar Wallace.
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.
References
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