Der Bucklige von Soho (1966)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Alfred Vohrer

Writers:

Herbert Reinecker (writer)
Edgar Wallace (story)

Release Date:

6 September 1966 (West Germany)

Genre:

Crime | Horror

Plot:

A woman is kidnapped and her identity is stolen by criminals attempting to collect her inheritance. |

Plot Keywords:

Inheritance | Strangulation | Hunchback | Conspiracy | Policewoman Killing

Cast

Günther Stoll	...	Inspektor Hopkins
Pinkas Braun	...	Alan Davis
Monika Peitsch	...	Wanda Merville
Siegfried Schürenberg	...	Sir John
Agnes Windeck	...	Lady Marjorie Perkins
Gisela Uhlen	...	Puffmutter
Hubert von Meyerinck	...	General Edward Perkins
Uta Levka	...	Gladys
Richard Haller
Joachim Teege
Albert Bessler
Hilde Sessak
Kurt Waitzmann
Suzanne Roquette
Biggi Freyer	...	Amalie

Also Known As:

The Hunchback of Soho (International: English title)

Runtime:

Germany:89 min

Country:

West Germany

Language:

German

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

West Germany:12 (re-rated) | West Germany:16 (nf) (original rating) | Finland:K-16

Filming Locations:

Berlin, Germany

Company:

Rialto Film

Trivia:

The first film of Rialto's Edgar Wallace-Series to be shot in color.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Pastewka: Die Strategie der Schnecke (#2.2)" (2006)

Edgar Wallace series running out of steam

By 1966 the German series of Edgar Wallace films was running out of steam. There were preciously few new ideas ("make it in colour" isn't enough), so we have the usual good vs. evil battle, with some damsels in distress thrown in for good measure. An unusual twist, for the followers of the series, is that some of the regular comic-relief actors (Arent, Windeck, v. Meyerinck) are this time on the sinister side of things. This didn't work very well though - they make thoroughly unconvincing villains.