Im Banne des Unheimlichen

Im Banne des Unheimlichen
Im Banne des Unheimlichen
Directed by	Alfred Vohrer
Screenplay by	Ladislas Fodor
Based on	The Hand of Power; by Edgar Wallace
Produced by	Horst Wendlandt
Starring	Joachim Fuchsberger; Siv Mattson; Wolfgang Kieling; Pinkas Braun; Monika Burg;
Cinematography	Karl Löb
Edited by	Jutta Hering
Music by	Peter Thomas
Production; company	Rialto Film Preben Philipsen GmbH & Co. KG
Release date	17 April 1968 (West Germany);
Running time	89 minutes
Country	West Germany

Im Banne des Unheimlichen (lit. Under the Spell of the Unknown); 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 [de].^[2]

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 [de] as Peggy Ward
Wolfgang Kieling as Sir Cecil
Hubert von Meyerinck as Sir Arthur
Pinkas Braun as The Stranger
Claude Farell as Adela
Peter Mosbacher as Ramiro
Siegfried Rauch as Dr. Brand
Otto Stern [de] as Mr. Merryl
Renate Grosser as Mrs. Potter
Hans Krull [de] as Mr. Potter
Lillemor Lindfors as Sabrina
Ewa Strömberg as Librarian
Ilse Pagé as Miss Finley
Edith Schneider [de] as Professor Bound
Wolfgang Spier [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.^[3]

Reception

The film premiered at the "Europa" cinema at Oberhausen in West Germany on April 17, 1968.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "Im Banne des Unheimlichen" (in German). Filmportal.de. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
^ Hal Erickson. "New York Times: Im Banne des Unheimlichen". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2013-01-30. Retrieved 2012-02-08.
^ "Filmportal: Im Banne des Unheimlichen". Retrieved 17 November 2014.

External links

Im Banne des Unheimlichen at IMDb

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[filmportal-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "Im Banne des Unheimlichen" (in German). Filmportal.de. Retrieved March 2, 2022.

[NY_Times-2] Hal Erickson. "New York Times: Im Banne des Unheimlichen". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2013-01-30. Retrieved 2012-02-08.

[Filmportal-3] "Filmportal: Im Banne des Unheimlichen". Retrieved 17 November 2014.

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