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Room 13

Original title: Zimmer 13
  • 19641964
  • 1h 22m
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6.0/10
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Room 13 (1964)
ThrillerCrimeDrama
A serial-killer is murdering the ladies of a night club. Detective Gray is seeking for the killer but can only find a lot of gangsters. And the killer is about to act again...A serial-killer is murdering the ladies of a night club. Detective Gray is seeking for the killer but can only find a lot of gangsters. And the killer is about to act again...A serial-killer is murdering the ladies of a night club. Detective Gray is seeking for the killer but can only find a lot of gangsters. And the killer is about to act again...
IMDb RATING
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478
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    • Harald Reinl
    • Edgar Wallace(novel "Room 13")
    • Will Tremper(screenplay)
    • Heinz Oskar Wuttig(original screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Joachim Fuchsberger
    • Karin Dor
    • Richard Häussler
    • Harald Reinl
    • Edgar Wallace(novel "Room 13")
    • Will Tremper(screenplay)
    • Heinz Oskar Wuttig(original screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Joachim Fuchsberger
    • Karin Dor
    • Richard Häussler
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    • 6User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
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    Joachim Fuchsberger
    Joachim Fuchsberger
    • Johnny Gray
    Karin Dor
    Karin Dor
    • Denise Marney
    Richard Häussler
    Richard Häussler
    • Joe Legge
    Walter Rilla
    Walter Rilla
    • Sir Robert Marney
    Siegfried Schürenberg
    • Sir John
    Kai Fischer
    Kai Fischer
    • Pia Pasani
    Benno Hoffmann
    • Blackstone-Edwards
    Bruno W. Pantel
    • Sergeant Horse
    Kurd Pieritz
    • Inspektor Terrence
    • (as Curd Pieritz)
    Erik Radolf
    • Butler Ambrose
    • (as Eric Radolf)
    Eddi Arent
    Eddi Arent
    • Dr. Higgins
    Hans Clarin
    Hans Clarin
    • Mr. Igle
    Jur Arten
    • Gangster Jakob
    • (uncredited)
    Arthur Binder
    • Slim
    • (uncredited)
    Elfi Estell
    • Wanda
    • (uncredited)
    Werner Hedman
    • Gangster in Telefonzelle
    • (uncredited)
    Michel Hildesheim
    • Gangster
    • (uncredited)
    Rena Horten
    Rena Horten
    • Blondine
    • (uncredited)
      • Harald Reinl
      • Edgar Wallace(novel "Room 13")
      • Will Tremper(screenplay)
      • Heinz Oskar Wuttig(original screenplay) (uncredited)
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    • Trivia
      The brief shots of female nudity during the striptease scenes at the Highlow Club, and the overall "extreme" psychological motive of the villain led to a FSK 18 rating for the uncut version. Several attempts to re-cut the film in order to get a lower rating failed and eventually, the film was released theatrically in its uncut version - and became one of the least commercially successful films of the Edgar Wallace series to that date.
    • Goofs
      The scenes playing at Paddington Station, where filmed in Denmark. There is one scene where Sir John and Joe Legge meet. For a short moment, behind Sir John, one can see a sign, which reeds "Politi", the danish word for police.
    • Connections
      Referenced in Lukas: Mann und Maus (1998)

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    9/10
    Lucky 13
    Wealthy nobleman,Sir Robert Marney, receives an unwelcome visit from notorious criminal, Joe Legge, who seeks his assistance, by way of a veiled threat, in secreting the proceeds of his planned heist; meanwhile, somebody is killing dancers at a sleazy night-club.

    One of my favourites of the eight or so of the Edgar Wallace 'krimis' that I've seen to date, although opinions are divided on its merits. I think the more preposterous plot elements, and the prominence given to comic Eddie Aren't's police doctor, enhances, rather than detracts, from it's appeal.

    Given that the constituent plots are usually enough to sustain two films, part of the fun is waiting to see how the scriptwriters will join up the dots. In my case I wasn't overly concerned at how logical the resolution would be, as I was just enjoying the telling of it. Previously, I had begun to question the inclusion of Eddi Aren't's comic interludes - largely because of the absence of slapstick humour in Wallace crime novels - but I think here I finally 'got it': whether it was watching him cavort with his laboratory 'mannequin', his exaggerated 'Q' style experiments, or watching him getting up close and personal - mostly to their bemusement - with the nightclub dancers, this is where I officially became a fan; almost to the extent that my enjoyment of these films is almost directly proportional to the extent of his involvement.

    The heist itself put me in mind of the contemporary British 'Great Train Robbery' - which itself was separately re-enacted by a West German production company - but despite the occasionally ludicrous characterisations and actions, it was excitingly staged.

    The parallel plot line of the murders was somewhat implausibly resolved, though not wholly unpredictably, but it all combined to add to the general enjoyment.

    Although there were a number of standout performances - notably Aren't - the entire ensemble , including the suitably ugly gang members, worked a treat together. Although later films were made in colour, I think black and white was more effective, not least in some nice moody landscape shots, and in the nocturnal outdoor sequences. The plots moved at a brisk pace, but not so fast that you couldn't make sense - or 'non-sense' -of what was unfolding

    Ably directed by Harald Reinl, who had already proved himself a quality director of genre films
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    • Nov 9, 2013

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    • Release date
      • October 12, 1964 (Denmark)
      • West Germany
      • Denmark
      • France
      • German
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    • Filming locations
      • Paddington Station, Paddington, London, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • Rialto Film
      • Société Nouvelle de Cinématographie (SNC)
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    • 1 hour 22 minutes
      • Black and White

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