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'''''The Indian Scarf''''' ({{lang-de|'''Das indische Tuch'''}}) is a 1963 West German [[crime film]] directed by [[Alfred Vohrer]].<ref name="NY Times">{{cite web |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/137226/Das-Indische-Tuch/overview |title=New York Times: The Indian Scarf | |
'''''The Indian Scarf''''' ({{lang-de|'''Das indische Tuch'''}}) is a 1963 West German [[crime film]] directed by [[Alfred Vohrer]].<ref name="NY Times">{{cite web |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/137226/Das-Indische-Tuch/overview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520212935/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/137226/Das-Indische-Tuch/overview |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 May 2011 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=2011 |title=New York Times: The Indian Scarf |access-date=19 October 2008}}</ref> It was part of a [[Films based on works by Edgar Wallace|very successful series of German films]] based on the writings of [[Edgar Wallace]] and adapted from the 1931 play ''The Case of the Frightened Lady''. |
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==Plot== |
==Plot== |
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After the rich Lord Lebanon has been strangled, a group of different characters assembles at Mark's Priory, his |
After the rich Lord Lebanon has been strangled, a group of different characters assembles at Mark's Priory, his remote manor in the north of Scotland, to attend the reading of his will. However, as lawyer Frank Tanner explains—in reading a "second-to-last-will"—to the potential heirs, they will first have to stay together at the manor for six days and six nights. Thinking that Lebanon has died of heart failure they all agree. It turns out to be a dangerous requirement as the manor is cut off from the outside world by a storm and one by one the visitors are murdered—strangled with an Indian scarf. In the end, of all the guests, family and staff only Tanner, Isla Harris and Bonwit the butler survive. The last will is read and it is revealed that Lord Lebanon has in fact left all his money to the man he considered to be the greatest of the century: Edgar Wallace.<ref name="Filmportal">{{cite web|url=http://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/das-indische-tuch_ea43d4a769165006e03053d50b37753d|title=Filmportal: Das indische Tuch|access-date=30 April 2013}}</ref><ref name="Magnum" /> |
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==Cast== |
==Cast== |
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* [[Heinz Drache]] as Frank Tanner |
* [[Heinz Drache]] as Frank Tanner |
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* [[Corny Collins]] as Isla Harris |
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* [[Klaus Kinski]] as Peter Ross |
* [[Klaus Kinski]] as Peter Ross |
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* [[Gisela Uhlen]] as Mrs. Tilling, née Lebanon |
* [[Gisela Uhlen]] as Mrs. Tilling, née Lebanon |
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* [[Alfred Vohrer]] as Edgar Wallace / Sir Henry's parrot (voice) / radio announcer(voice) (uncredited) |
* [[Alfred Vohrer]] as Edgar Wallace / Sir Henry's parrot (voice) / radio announcer(voice) (uncredited) |
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* [[Wilhelm Vorwerg]] as Lord Frances Percival Lebanon (uncredited) |
* [[Wilhelm Vorwerg]] as Lord Frances Percival Lebanon (uncredited) |
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* [[Eduard Wandrey]] as Lord Frances Percival Lebanon (voice) (uncredited) |
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==Production== |
==Production== |
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Heinz Drache was cast for this film after having starred as the hero of a very successful TV production of [[Francis Durbridge]]'s ''The Scarf'' (''{{Interlanguage link multi|Das Halstuch|de}}''), which involved a similar [[modus operandi]] and was first aired in 1962. Several other actors, like Kinski, Arent and Schürenberg, had by that time become regulars in the film series.<ref name="Kramp" /> |
Heinz Drache was cast for this film after having starred as the hero of a very successful TV production of [[Francis Durbridge]]'s ''The Scarf'' (''{{Interlanguage link multi|Das Halstuch|de}}''), which involved a similar [[modus operandi]] and was first aired in 1962. Several other actors, like Kinski, Arent and Schürenberg, had by that time become regulars in the film series.<ref name="Kramp" /> |
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The film was shot between 8 July and 13 August 1963 entirely in the |
The film was shot between 8 July and 13 August 1963 entirely in the [[Spandau Studios]] in West Berlin. There were no exterior shots at all.<ref name="Kramp">{{cite book|last=Kramp|first=Joachim|title=Hallo—Hier spricht Edgar Wallace! (German)|publisher=Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf |year=2001 |isbn=3-89602-368-3 |pages=110–115}}</ref> Wilhelm Vorwerk, who appears as Lord Lebanon, was not an actor, but rather the production designer at the Spandau studios. Eva Ebner was Vohrer's assistant.<ref name="Kramp" /> A final in-joke that was cut from more recent TV versions but restored for the DVD is a telephone call purporting to be from an "Inspector Fuchsberger", a reference to actor [[Joachim Fuchsberger]], another leading man from the series of Wallace films made by Rialto.<ref name="Kramp" /> |
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The [[Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle der Filmwirtschaft|FSK]] gave the film a rating of 16 years and up and deemed it not appropriate for screenings on public holidays. It was released on 13 September 1963.<ref name="Filmportal" /> |
The [[Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle der Filmwirtschaft|FSK]] gave the film a rating of 16 years and up and deemed it not appropriate for screenings on public holidays. It was released on 13 September 1963.<ref name="Filmportal" /> |
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==See also== |
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* ''[[The Frightened Lady (1932 film)|The Frightened Lady]]'' (1932) |
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* ''[[The Case of the Frightened Lady (film)|The Case of the Frightened Lady]]'' (1940) |
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==References== |
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Latest revision as of 13:20, 22 May 2024
The Indian Scarf | |
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Directed by | Alfred Vohrer |
Written by | Harald G. Petersson George Hurdalek based on a play by Edgar Wallace |
Produced by | Horst Wendlandt |
Starring | Heinz Drache |
Cinematography | Karl Löb |
Edited by | Hermann Haller |
Music by | Peter Thomas |
Production company | Rialto Film Preben Philipsen GmbH & Co. KG |
Distributed by | Constantin Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
Land | West Germany |
Sprache | German |
The Indian Scarf (German: Das indische Tuch) is a 1963 West German crime film directed by Alfred Vohrer.[1] It was part of a very successful series of German films based on the writings of Edgar Wallace and adapted from the 1931 play The Case of the Frightened Lady.
Plot
[edit]After the rich Lord Lebanon has been strangled, a group of different characters assembles at Mark's Priory, his remote manor in the north of Scotland, to attend the reading of his will. However, as lawyer Frank Tanner explains—in reading a "second-to-last-will"—to the potential heirs, they will first have to stay together at the manor for six days and six nights. Thinking that Lebanon has died of heart failure they all agree. It turns out to be a dangerous requirement as the manor is cut off from the outside world by a storm and one by one the visitors are murdered—strangled with an Indian scarf. In the end, of all the guests, family and staff only Tanner, Isla Harris and Bonwit the butler survive. The last will is read and it is revealed that Lord Lebanon has in fact left all his money to the man he considered to be the greatest of the century: Edgar Wallace.[2][3]
Cast
[edit]- Heinz Drache as Frank Tanner
- Corny Collins as Isla Harris
- Klaus Kinski as Peter Ross
- Gisela Uhlen as Mrs. Tilling, née Lebanon
- Hans Nielsen as Mr. Tilling
- Siegfried Schürenberg as Sir Henry Hockbridge
- Richard Häussler as Dr. Amersham
- Hans Clarin as Lord Edward Lebanon
- Alexander Engel as Reverend Hastings
- Ady Berber as Chiko
- Eddi Arent as Richard Maria Bonwit
- Elisabeth Flickenschildt as Lady Emily Lebanon
- Rainer Brandt as Inspector Fuchsberger (voice) (uncredited)
- Eva Ebner as Edgar Wallace's secretary/ body in the morgue (uncredited)
- Eberhard Junkersdorf as Lord Edward Lebanon / killer with the scarf (uncredited)
- Alfred Vohrer as Edgar Wallace / Sir Henry's parrot (voice) / radio announcer(voice) (uncredited)
- Wilhelm Vorwerg as Lord Frances Percival Lebanon (uncredited)
Production
[edit]Das indische Tuch was part of a series of films based on works by Edgar Wallace made in the late 1950s and 1960s by producer Horst Wendlandt for Rialto Film. The script to the film was adapted first by Georg Hurdalek and then Harald G. Petersson from an original treatment by Egon Eis, written under the pen name of Trygve Larsen, that had not found the approval of the producer.[4] At this stage, the film was to be called Der Unheimliche.[4] The scripts were derived from the Edgar Wallace play The Frightened Lady.[2] There were two previous film versions based on it, both British and called The Frightened Lady, made in 1932 and 1940. Of the three, Vohrer's version was the one that deviated most from the original play.[3] The story becomes a case of Ten Little Indians, as the protagonists are killed off one by one.[3] Unusually for a film of the series, even leading man Heinz Drache's character comes under suspicion.[3]
Heinz Drache was cast for this film after having starred as the hero of a very successful TV production of Francis Durbridge's The Scarf (Das Halstuch ), which involved a similar modus operandi and was first aired in 1962. Several other actors, like Kinski, Arent and Schürenberg, had by that time become regulars in the film series.[4]
The film was shot between 8 July and 13 August 1963 entirely in the Spandau Studios in West Berlin. There were no exterior shots at all.[4] Wilhelm Vorwerk, who appears as Lord Lebanon, was not an actor, but rather the production designer at the Spandau studios. Eva Ebner was Vohrer's assistant.[4] A final in-joke that was cut from more recent TV versions but restored for the DVD is a telephone call purporting to be from an "Inspector Fuchsberger", a reference to actor Joachim Fuchsberger, another leading man from the series of Wallace films made by Rialto.[4]
The FSK gave the film a rating of 16 years and up and deemed it not appropriate for screenings on public holidays. It was released on 13 September 1963.[2]
See also
[edit]- The Frightened Lady (1932)
- The Case of the Frightened Lady (1940)
References
[edit]- ^ "New York Times: The Indian Scarf". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2011. Archived from the original on 20 May 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2008.
- ^ a b c "Filmportal: Das indische Tuch". Retrieved 30 April 2013.
- ^ a b c d Pauer, Florian (1982). Die Egar Wallace-Filme (German). Goldmann. pp. 101–103. ISBN 3-442-10216-2.
- ^ a b c d e f Kramp, Joachim (2001). Hallo—Hier spricht Edgar Wallace! (German). Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf. pp. 110–115. ISBN 3-89602-368-3.
External links
[edit]- 1963 films
- 1960s mystery thriller films
- German mystery thriller films
- West German films
- 1960s German-language films
- German black-and-white films
- German films based on plays
- Remakes of British films
- Films directed by Alfred Vohrer
- Films based on works by Edgar Wallace
- Films produced by Horst Wendlandt
- Films set in Scotland
- Films shot at Spandau Studios
- Films about inheritances
- Films set in country houses
- 1960s German films
- Films scored by Peter Thomas (composer)