''The Hunchback of Soho'' (german: Der Bucklige von Soho) is a 1966 West German
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
Günther Stoll,
Pinkas Braun
Pinkas Braun (7 January 1923 – 24 June 2008) was a Swiss film actor. He appeared in 70 films between 1952 and 2002. He was born in Zürich, Switzerland and died in Munich, Germany.
Partial filmography
* '' Sky Without Stars'' (1955) - Ko ...
and
Monika Peitsch Monika may refer to:
People
* Monika (given name)
Films and video games
* ''Monika'' (1938 film), a German film
* ''Monika'' (1974 film), an Italian film
Music
* ''Monika'' (opera), a 1937 opera by Nico Dostal
* Monika Christodoulou, a Greek ...
.
[Bock & Bergfelder p. 253]
It was part of
Rialto Film
Rialto Film is a German motion-picture production company headquartered in Berlin
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's long-running group 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 ...
adaptations, and was the first in the series to be shot in
Eastmancolor
Eastmancolor is a trade name used by Eastman Kodak for a number of related film and processing technologies associated with color motion picture production and referring to George Eastman, founder of Kodak.
Eastmancolor, introduced in 1950, was on ...
. It was made at the
Spandau Studios
The Spandau Studios or CCC Studios were film and television studios located in Spandau, a suburb of Berlin. They were established in 1949 following the Second World War by the producer Artur Brauner controller of CCC Films, on the site of a form ...
and
on location in
Berlin
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and
London
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.
Plot
Scotland Yard investigate a series of murders at a
castle which is now being used as a girls school.
Cast
*
Günther Stoll as Inspektor Hopkins
*
Monika Peitsch Monika may refer to:
People
* Monika (given name)
Films and video games
* ''Monika'' (1938 film), a German film
* ''Monika'' (1974 film), an Italian film
Music
* ''Monika'' (opera), a 1937 opera by Nico Dostal
* Monika Christodoulou, a Greek ...
as Wanda Merville
*
Pinkas Braun
Pinkas Braun (7 January 1923 – 24 June 2008) was a Swiss film actor. He appeared in 70 films between 1952 and 2002. He was born in Zürich, Switzerland and died in Munich, Germany.
Partial filmography
* '' Sky Without Stars'' (1955) - Ko ...
as Alan Davis
*
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 ...
as Reverend David
*
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 ...
as Sir John
*
Agnes Windeck
Agnes Windeck (; 27 March 1888 – 28 September 1975) was a German theatre and film actress. She appeared in more than 50 films between 1939 and 1973. She was born in Hamburg and started her career at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in 1904. S ...
as Lady Marjorie Perkins
*
Gisela Uhlen
Gisela Uhlen (16 May 1919 – 16 January 2007) was a German film actress and occasional screen writer.
Biography
Uhlen was born Gisela Friedlinde Schreck (German national library entry) in Leipzig, Germany as fourth child of Luise Frieda and ...
as Mrs. Tyndal
*
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 General Edward Perkins
*
Uta Levka
Uta Levka (born 1942) is a former German film and television actress active during the 1960s and early 1970s. She was discovered by the actress Maria Schell while working at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and appeared in a succession of glamorou ...
as Gladys Gardner
*
Suzanne Roquette as Laura
*
Joachim Teege
Joachim Teege (November 30, 1925 – November 19, 1969) was a German actor.
Selected filmography
* ''The Adventures of Fridolin'' (1948) - Heini Bock
* '' Und wieder 48'' (1948) - Reisender
* '' The Staircase'' (1950) - Herbert Ehrke
* '' The Merr ...
as Lawyer Harold Stone
*
Hilde Sessak
Hilde Sessak (27 July 1915 – 17 April 2003) was a German actress who appeared in more than ninety film and television series during her career. She appeared in a number of films during the Nazi era including ''Quax the Crash Pilot'' (1941).Rei ...
as Oberin
*
Susanne Hsiao
Susanne may refer to:
* Susanne (given name), a feminine given name (including a list of people with the name)
*, later USS ''SP-411'', a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1919
*, the proposed name and designation for a ves ...
as Viola
*
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 Sergeant
*
Ilse Pagé
Ilse Pagé (29 May 1939 – 19 June 2017) was a German film and television actress.
Selected filmography
* '' Berlin, Schoenhauser Corner'' (1957) - Angela
* ''Arzt aus Leidenschaft'' (1959) - Ein junges Mädchen
* ''...und noch frech dazu!'' (1 ...
as Jane
*
Albert Bessler
Albert Bessler (15 February 1905 – 4 December 1975) was a German film actor. He appeared in 40 films between 1942 and 1975. He was born in Hamburg, Germany and died in West Berlin, West Germany.
Partial filmography
* '' Front Theatre'' ( ...
as Butler Anthony
*
Richard Haller as Der Bucklige
Reception
Dave Sindelar from ''Fantastic Movie Musings and Ramblings'' felt that by shooting the film in color it "stripped the series of one of its strengths", also criticizing the film's first half, score, and dubbing.
Andrew Pragasam from ''The Spinning Image'' awarded the film six out of ten stars, noting the film's uneven narrative, but stated that its mixture of humor and horror was still entertaining.
References
Bibliography
* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.
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1966 films
1960s mystery films
1960s crime thriller films
German mystery thriller films
German crime thriller films
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1960s German-language films
Films directed by Alfred Vohrer
Constantin Film films
Films set in London
Color sequels of black-and-white films
Films based on British novels
Films based on works by Edgar Wallace
Films shot at Spandau Studios
1960s German films
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