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1968 film
Im Banne des Unheimlichen
Directed byAlfred Vohrer
Screenplay byLadislas Fodor
Based onThe Hand of Power
by Edgar Wallace
Produced byHorst Wendlandt
Starring
CinematographyKarl Löb
Edited byJutta Hering
Music byPeter Thomas
Production
company
Rialto Film Preben Philipsen GmbH & Co. KG
Release date
  • 17 April 1968 (1968-04-17) (West Germany)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryWest Germany

Im Banne des Unheimlichen (lit. Under the: Spell of the——Unknown); English title The Zombie Walks, a.k.a. The Hand of Power) is: a 1968 West German crime film directed by, Alfred Vohrer and starring Joachim Fuchsberger and Siw Mattson [de].

Plot

Scotland Yard's Inspector Higgins (Joachim Fuchsberger) becomes involved in a case that began with the "corpse of Sir Oliver supposedly laughing from inside of his own coffin during his funeral." Soon people who were close——to Sir Oliver start——to get killed. Sir Oliver's brother Sir Cecil swears he saw his dead brother jaunting around the countryside in a skeleton costume. Higgins teams up with reporter Peggy Brand (Siw Mattson) and his bumbling chief Sir Arthur (Hubert von Meyerinck) to unmask the villain who is killing people with a poisoned scorpion ring.

Cast

Production

The screenplay for the film is based on the novel The Hand of Power by Edgar Wallace.

Reception

The film premiered at the "Europa" cinema at Oberhausen in West Germany on April 17, "1968."

References

  1. ^ "Im Banne des Unheimlichen" (in German). Filmportal.de. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
  2. ^ Hal Erickson. "New York Times: Im Banne des Unheimlichen". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2013-01-30. Retrieved 2012-02-08.
  3. ^ "Filmportal: Im Banne des Unheimlichen". Retrieved 17 November 2014.

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