''Neues vom Hexer'' (lit. "News from the Sorcerer"), aka ''Again the Ringer'', is a 1965 West German black-and-white crime film directed by
Alfred Vohrer
Alfred Vohrer (29 December 1914 – 3 February 1986) was a German film director and actor. He directed 48 films between 1958 and 1984. His 1969 film '' Seven Days Grace'' was entered into the 6th Moscow International Film Festival. His 1972 ...
and starring
Heinz Drache
Heinz Drache (; 9 February 1923 – 3 April 2002) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 40 films between 1953 and 2002. He was born in Essen, Germany and died in Berlin, Germany of lung cancer.
Selected filmography
* '' Once I ...
. It is part of a series of German screen adaptations of
Edgar Wallace
Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1 April 1875 – 10 February 1932) was a British writer.
Born into poverty as an illegitimate London child, Wallace left school at the age of 12. He joined the army at age 21 and was a war correspondent during th ...
's thriller novels, and the direct sequel of the 1964 film '' Der Hexer''. It was also known as ''The Ringer Returns''.
Cast
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Heinz Drache
Heinz Drache (; 9 February 1923 – 3 April 2002) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 40 films between 1953 and 2002. He was born in Essen, Germany and died in Berlin, Germany of lung cancer.
Selected filmography
* '' Once I ...
Margot Trooger
Margot Trooger (2 June 1923 – 24 April 1994) was a German film actress. She appeared in 50 films between 1952 and 1976. She was born in Rositz, Germany, and died in Mörlenbach, Germany.
Selected filmography
* ''Ich mach dich glücklich'' ( ...
as Cora Ann Milton
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Siegfried Schürenberg
Siegfried Schürenberg (12 January 1900 – 31 August 1993) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1933 and 1974. He was born in Detmold, Germany and died in Berlin, Germany in 1993, at age 93. Although he never p ...
Robert Hoffmann
Robert Hoffmann (30 August 1939 – 4 July 2022) was an Austrian actor, best known to British audiences for his title role performance in '' The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe'' (1964).
Hoffmann was born in Salzburg. ''Crusoe'' was his screen d ...
as Archie Moore
* Karl John as Dr. Mills (as Carl John)
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Hubert von Meyerinck
Hubert "Hubsi" von Meyerinck (23 August 1896 – 13 May 1971) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 280 films between 1921 and 1970.
Biography
Meyerinck was born in Potsdam, Brandenburg, the son of Friedrich von Meyerinck (1858†...
as Judge Matthews
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Heinz Spitzner
The H. J. Heinz Company is an American food processing company headquartered at One PPG Place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The company was founded by Henry J. Heinz in 1869. Heinz manufactures thousands of food products in plants on six conti ...
as Bailey
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Kurt Waitzmann
Kurt Waitzmann (30 January 1905 – 21 May 1985) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1937 and 1969.
Selected filmography
* ''Unternehmen Michael'' (1937) - Oblt. Weber
* '' Urlaub auf Ehrenwort'' (1938) - Gef ...
as Lanny
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Lia Eibenschütz
Lia Eibenschütz (1899–1985) was a German actress. She was married to the actor Kurt Vespermann with whom she had a son Gerd Vespermann who also became an actor.
Selected filmography
* '' The War of the Oxen'' (1920)
* '' The Legend of Holy S ...
Gisela Hahn
Gisela Hahn (born ''Gisela Drenkhan''; 13 May 1943) is a German film actress. She has appeared in more than 40 films since 1964. She was born in Briesen.
Selected filmography
* ''The Merry Wives of Tyrol'' (1964) - Reni
* ''In Bed by Eight'' ...
as Susan Copperfield
* Lu Saeuberlich as governess (as Lu Säuberlich)
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Eddi Arent
Gebhardt Georg Arendt (5 May 1925 – 28 May 2013) was a German actor, cabaret artist and comedian. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1956 and 2002. He was born in Danzig, Free City of Danzig (present-day Gdańsk, Poland) and died in ...
This film is based on the thriller ''Again the Ringer'' (''The Ringer Returns'') by Edgar Wallace. Cinematography took place from 15 March to 27 April 1965 at Berlin/West, London and its environments.
Release
The FSK gave the film a rating of 16 and up and found it not appropriate for screenings on public holidays.