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Director:
Jesus Franco
Writers:
Jesus Franco (screenplay)
Jesus Franco (story)
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Release Date:
2 April 1974 (Spain) See more »
Genre:
Crime | Horror | Sci-Fi | Mystery | Thriller See more »
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Cast

  (in credits order)
Fred Williams ... Inspector Thomas
Jack Taylor ... Farkas / Mabuse
Ewa Strömberg ... Jenny (as Ewa Stroemberg)
Roberto Camardiel ... Carlos (Drunk Angler)
Siegfried Lowitz ... Dr. Orloff
Moisés Augusto Rocha ... Andros (as Rocha)
Gustavo Re ... Melou
Eva Garden ... Wanda Orloff (as Ava Garden)
Ángel Menéndez ... Prof. Parkinson (as Angel Melendez)
Friedrich Joloff ... Hermann
Beni Cardoso ... Leslie

Jesus Franco ... Crosby / Drunk Man in Nightclub
Andrés Monales ... John Paganini
Guillermo Méndez
Linda Hastreiter
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Friedrich W. Bauschulte ... Voice of Crosby (voice) (uncredited)
Heinz Theo Branding ... Voice of Richards (voice) (uncredited)
Michael Chevalier ... Voice of Farkas / Mabuse (voice) (uncredited)
Arne Elsholtz ... Voice of John Paganini (voice) (uncredited)
Beate Hasenau ... Leslie (voice) (uncredited)
Martin Hirthe ... Voice of FBI-Agent Marx (voice) (uncredited)
Claus Jurichs ... Voice of Gangster (voice) (uncredited)
Norbert Langer ... Night Club Manager (voice) (uncredited)
Arnold Marquis ... Voice of Melou (voice) (uncredited)
Gerd Martienzen ... Hermann (voice) (uncredited)
Manuel Merino ... Marx, FBI-Agent (uncredited)
Heinz Petruo ... Voice of Prof. Parkinson (voice) (uncredited)
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Directed by
Jesus Franco  (as Jess Frank)
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Artur Brauner  story (as Art Bern)
Arne Elsholtz  German dialogue
Jesus Franco  screenplay
Jesus Franco  story

Produced by
Artur Brauner .... producer
Ignacio Gutiérrez-Solana .... producer (as Ignacio Gutiérrez)
Karl Heinz Mannchen .... executive producer (as Karl-Heinz Mannchen)
 
Original Music by
Jesus Franco  (as David Khune)
Rolf Kühn 
 
Cinematography by
Manuel Merino 
 
Film Editing by
Renate Engelmann (German version)
Jesús M. Pisón (Spanish version)
 
Set Decoration by
Hans Jürgen Kiebach 
 
Makeup Department
Ruth Keller .... makeup artist
Angeles Otal .... makeup artist
 
Production Management
Ignacio Gutiérrez-Solana .... production manager (as Ignacio Gutiérrez)
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ricardo Franco .... assistant director
Rudolf Hertzog .... assistant director (as Rudolph Hertzog Jr.)
Emilio Martínez Lázaro .... assistant director
 
Sound Department
Max Galinsky .... sound
 

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Runtime:
100 min | West Germany:80 min | 76 min
Country:
West Germany | Spain
Language:
German
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
West Germany:16 (nf) | Spain:18
Filming Locations:
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Company:
Copercines, Cooperativa CinematográficaSee more »

Did You Know?

Trivia:
Though mainly a German Production, the film was never released theatrically or on Video / DVD in Germany but was aired on Television a few times in the 90s.See more »
Movie Connections:
Featured in Call Him Jess (2000)See more »
Soundtrack:
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3 out of 4 people found the following review useful.
Color me Franco blue, 21 December 1999
Author: Pierre-Alexandre Buisson (robottears@hotmail.com) from Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Doctor Mabuse strikes again in this highly-colored movie shot by Jess Franco in the mid-seventies, when he was still comitting marvels. This one has almost everything you can expect from a spanish late night masterpiece : the evil doctor and his mindless Frankenstein-like monster, Monica Swinn as her evil and sexy sidekick, a cameo by a screaming and cigar smoking Franco, some cops dressed like laughable cowboys, a few sexy girls in mini-skirts and the incredible camera angles and locations that has made old Jess famous.

It's about doctor Mabuse's evil plans - plans I couldn't understand because the movie is in spanish - and the endeavours of humanity to stop him, Franco-style. Shot in the most unusual and strange locations of Spain, it is a visual treasure and the funny characters are, as always, very parodic. It may last only about an hour, but it will remain in your hearts and minds for a long long time...

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