''The Red Hand'' (German: ''Die rote Hand'') is a 1960 West German crime thriller film directed by Kurt Meisel and starring

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and Eleonora Rossi Drago.Bock & Bergfelder p.219 The film's sets were designed by the

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s Emil Hasler and Walter Kutz. The film is inspired by the La Main Rouge affair in Western Germany.

Cast

as Johnny Zamaris *

as Mahora Khan * Eleonora Rossi Drago as Violetta Scotoni *

Susanne von Almassy Susanne von Almassy (1916–2009) was an Austrian stage and film actress.Dassanowsky p.131 Selected filmography * ''The Disturbed Wedding Night'' (1950) * ''A Rare Lover'' (1950) * ''Mailman Mueller'' (1953) * ''The Story of Anastasia'' (1956) * ...

as Maria Gomez * Rainer Brandt as Carnetti *

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as Theaterdirektor Jif * Willi Rose as Inspektor Auer * Kurt Waitzmann as Inspektor Wolff * Klaus Becker as Rolando *

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as Attermann * Erich Fiedler as Attaché Bertrand *

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as Grieche *

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as Frau Hasselbütt * Almut Berg as Rosl *

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as Popoff *

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as Anni

References

Bibliography

* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

* 1960 films 1960 crime drama films 1960s spy drama films German crime drama films German spy drama films West German films 1960s German-language films Films directed by Kurt Meisel Films about arms trafficking Constantin Film films 1960s German films {{1960s-Germany-film-stub