The Red Circle (1960)
"Der rote Kreis" (original title)

Director:

Jürgen Roland

Writers:

Edgar Wallace (novel), Egon Eis,

Stars:

Renate Ewert, Klausjürgen Wussow, Karl-Georg Saebisch

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Renate Ewert	...	Thalia Drummond
Klausjürgen Wussow	...	Derrick Yale
Karl-Georg Saebisch	...	Insp. Parr (as Karl Georg Saebisch)
Thomas Alder	...	Jack Beardmore
Ernst Fritz Fürbringer	...	Sir Archibald Morton (as Ernst W. Fürbringer)
Erica Beer	...	Mrs. Carlyle
Fritz Rasp	...	Froyant
Eddi Arent	...	Sgt. Haggett
Edith Mill	...	Lady Doringham
Ulrich Beiger	...	Osborne
Richard Lauffen	...	Marles
Heinz Klevenow	...	Brabazon
Alfred Schlageter	...	Mr. Beardmore
Panos Papadopulos	...	Matrose Selby
Albert Watson	...	Sgt. Johnson

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

sequel | color in title | guillotine | detective | based on novel

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Taglines:

Es ist unmöglich, von diesem Film nicht gefesselt zu sein!

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Genres:

Thriller | Crime

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Details

Country:

Denmark West Germany

Language:

German

Release Date:

22 August 1960 (Denmark)

Also Known As:

The Crimson Circle

Filming Locations:

Copenhagen, Denmark

Box Office

Budget:

DEM 600,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Constantin Film, Rialto Film Preben-Philipsen

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

After the huge success of "Der Frosch mit der Maske" (1959) which cost 600,000 DEM to make, Rialto Film was willing to put 1,000,000 DEM into this production. However, when the film was finished, the overall amount of the budget used turned out to be almost exactly as high as the first film's budget and approximately 400,000 DEM were left.

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Connections

Version of Der rote Kreis (1929)

User Reviews

Good but unremarkable Wallace thriller

Another in the German Wallace cycle involving multiple murders and blackmail as the result of an execution that went wrong seven years earlier. Good but not great this film never really added up to much more than people moving around trying to figure out who the villain was and to stay far enough on his good side that they didn't end up dead. To be honest while it isn't a bad movie, its quite good, its very generic as these things go, blending so much into the mass of German Wallace films that I started to nod off towards the end. Its not the fault of the film entirely since I am under the weather, but at the same time I kind of allowed my self to drift because I sort of felt I knew where it was going. Worth a look on Late night TV or if you are in an undemanding mood.