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Face of the Frog

Original title: Der Frosch mit der Maske
  • 19591959
  • 1h 29m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
1.2K
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Face of the Frog (1959)
CrimeThriller
Scotland Yard and an American playboy investigate a criminal gang led by a mysterious man in a frog-like mask.Scotland Yard and an American playboy investigate a criminal gang led by a mysterious man in a frog-like mask.Scotland Yard and an American playboy investigate a criminal gang led by a mysterious man in a frog-like mask.
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1.2K
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    • Harald Reinl
    • Edgar Wallace(novel "The Fellowship of the Frog")
    • Egon Eis(script)
    • J. Joachim Bartsch(script)
  • Stars
    • Joachim Fuchsberger
    • Siegfried Lowitz
    • Elfie von Kalckreuth
    • Harald Reinl
    • Edgar Wallace(novel "The Fellowship of the Frog")
    • Egon Eis(script)
    • J. Joachim Bartsch(script)
  • Stars
    • Joachim Fuchsberger
    • Siegfried Lowitz
    • Elfie von Kalckreuth
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 14User reviews
    • 13Critic reviews
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    Elfie von Kalckreuth in Face of the Frog (1959)
    Elfie von Kalckreuth in Face of the Frog (1959)
    Elfie von Kalckreuth in Face of the Frog (1959)
    Erwin Strahl in Face of the Frog (1959)
    Elfie von Kalckreuth in Face of the Frog (1959)
    Eva Pflug and Walter Wilz in Face of the Frog (1959)
    Eva Pflug in Face of the Frog (1959)
    Eva Pflug in Face of the Frog (1959)
    Eva Pflug in Face of the Frog (1959)

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    Joachim Fuchsberger
    Joachim Fuchsberger
    • Richard Gordon
    Siegfried Lowitz
    Siegfried Lowitz
    • (Ober-) Inspektor Elk (German version)…
    Elfie von Kalckreuth
    Elfie von Kalckreuth
    • Ella Bennet
    • (as Eva Anthes)
    Jochen Brockmann
    Jochen Brockmann
    • Philo Johnson…
    Carl Lange
    Carl Lange
    • John Bennet
    • (as Karl Lange)
    Dieter Eppler
    Dieter Eppler
    • Joshua Broad
    Eva Pflug
    Eva Pflug
    • Lolita
    Walter Wilz
    Walter Wilz
    • Ray Bennet
    Fritz Rasp
    Fritz Rasp
    • Ezra Maitland
    Erwin Strahl
    Erwin Strahl
    • Sergeant Balder aka Nummer 7 (German version)…
    Ulrich Beiger
    • Everett
    Eddi Arent
    Eddi Arent
    • James
    Reinhard Kolldehoff
    Reinhard Kolldehoff
    • Lew Brady
    Ernst Fritz Fürbringer
    Ernst Fritz Fürbringer
    • Sir Archibald
    • (as Ernst W. Fürbringer)
    Michel Hildesheim
    • Mills
    Charlotte Scheier-Herold
    • Lady Maggie Farnsworth (German version)…
    Benno Gellenbeck
    Benno Gellenbeck
    • Inspektor Genter
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    Werner Hedman
    • Inspektor Genter aka K 297 (German version)
    • (uncredited)
    • …
      • Harald Reinl
      • Edgar Wallace(novel "The Fellowship of the Frog")
      • Egon Eis(script)
      • J. Joachim Bartsch(script)
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    • Trivia
      The first in a long line of German films adapted from Edgar Wallace novels. The idea came to Walfried Barthel, then head of Constantin Film, and Constantin's scenario editor Gerhard F. Hummel after a private screening of Guy Hamilton's film The Ringer (1952).
    • Goofs
      All the cars are left-hand drive - even the English police have no right-hand drive cars.
    • Connections
      Edited into The Terrible People (1960)
    • Soundtracks
      Nachts im Nebel an der Themse
      Music by Karl Bette

      Text by Theo Maria Werner (as Theo M. Werner) and Hans Billian

      Performed by Eva Pflug (dubbed by unknown)

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    Certainly not the best, but the first Edgar Wallace "krimi"
    The Frog is a master criminal who is sought both by the police and by an amateur American sleuth and his comical butler/sidekick. The Frog falls in love with a young woman and hatches a ridiculous Rube Goldbeg-like plot to get her to give herself him. He uses a singing siren named "Lolita" to ensnare her ne'r-do-well brother into a gruesome murder plot. The brother is convicted of the capital crime and sentenced to death only to find the executioner is someone very familiar to him.

    As other have said, this is the first of West German Edgar Wallace krimis. It's certainly not the best, but it is pretty entertaining. The comical sidekick (here played by Eddie Aren't) would become a staple of this series, to the annoyance of some, but personally I don't think this kind of comedy really hurts these films that much because the plots are already delightfully absurd and villains like the Frog are more than a little cartoonish to begin with(but I mean that in a good way). The butler/sidekick here kind of anticipates (perhaps even influenced?) the "Kato" character in the "Pink Panther" series in that he is always sparring with his boss to keep him sharp. The bigger liability here, however, is the "American" protagonist himself. But Joachim Fuchsberger, who was in nearly all these movies, would get a lot better in the future entries in the series, especially when he got to play an "English" detective (a role at which the German actor was much more convincing).

    But in addition to the serial-comic strip elements of the plot, there is also a little bit of raciness courtesy of "Lolita" (Eva Pflug), and some surprisingly gruesome violence--the centerpiece murder and a scene where the Frog very violently dispenses with one of his accomplices. In any event, if you enjoy the German krimi series (or the later but the closely related Italian gialli), you certainly won't want to miss this first one.
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    • Jan 21, 2009

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      • April 4, 1960 (Denmark)
      • Denmark
      • West Germany
      • German
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      • London, England, UK
    • Production company
      • Rialto Film
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    • 1 hour 29 minutes
      • Black and White
      • Mono

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