''The Phantom of Soho'' (German: ''Das Phantom von Soho'') is a 1964 West German

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directed by

Franz Josef Gottlieb Franz Josef Gottlieb (1 November 1930 – 23 July 2006) was an Austrian film director and screenwriter. He directed 60 films between 1959 and 2005. He also directed the children's series ''Ravioli'' in 1983; it aired on ZDF in 1984. He was b ...

and starring Dieter Borsche, Barbara Rütting and Hans Söhnker.Bergfelder p.258 It was based on a novel by

Bryan Edgar Wallace Bryan Edgar Wallace (1904–1971) was a British writer. The son of the writer Edgar Wallace, Bryan was also a writer of crime and mystery novels which were very similar in style to those of his father. He was named after the American politician ...

and was part in a large group of British-set thrillers made in West Germany at the time, many of them adapted from the works of Wallace's father

Edgar Wallace Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1 April 1875 – 10 February 1932) was a British writer of crime and adventure fiction. 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 ...

. It was shot 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 forme ...

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and on location in

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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Hans Jürgen Kiebach Hans Jürgen Kiebach (28 August 1930 – 19 May 1995) was a German production designer, art director and set decorator. He won an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film ''Cabaret''. Selected filmography * '' Three D ...

and Ernst Schomer.

Cast

* Dieter Borsche as Chief Inspector Hugh Patton * Barbara Rütting as Clarinda Smith * Hans Söhnker as Sir Philip * Peter Vogel as Sergeant Hallam * Helga Sommerfeld as Corinne Smith *

Werner Peters Werner Peters (7 July 1918 – 30 March 1971) was a German film actor. He appeared in 102 films between 1947 and 1971. Biography Peters was born in Werlitzsch, Kreis Delitzsch, Prussian Saxony, and died of a heart attack on a promotion to ...

as Dr. Dalmer * Hans Nielsen as Lord Harold Malhouse * Stanislav Ledinek as Gilard, club manager *

Otto Waldis Otto Waldis (born Otto Glucksmann-Blum, May 20, 1901 – March 25, 1974) was an Austrian-American character actor in films and television from the 1930s through the 1960s. He was also billed as Otto Blum. Years in Germany Waldis was born Otto ...

as William B. Clover, man with birthmark * Hans W. Hamacher as Capt. Muggins * Emil Feldmann as Papa Red * Harald Sawade as Charlie * Kurt Jaggberg as Jussuf *

Elisabeth Flickenschildt Elisabeth Ida Marie Flickenschildt (16 March 1905 – 26 October 1977) was a German actress, producer and author. She appeared in dozens of German language films and television productions between 1935 and 1976. Flickenschildt was born in Hambu ...

as Joanna Filiati

References

Bibliography

* Bergfelder, Tim. ''International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-Productions in the 1960s''. Berghahn Books, 2005.

External links

* 1964 films West German films German thriller films 1960s thriller films 1960s German-language films Films directed by Franz Josef Gottlieb Films shot in London Films set in London Films based on British novels Films shot at Spandau Studios Gloria Film films 1960s German films Films scored by Martin Böttcher {{1960s-Germany-film-stub