The Curse of the Yellow Snake (German: Der Fluch der gelben Schlange) is a 1963 West German crime thriller film directed by Franz Josef Gottlieb and starring Joachim Fuchsberger, Brigitte Grothum and Pinkas Braun.[1] It is based on the 1926 novel The Yellow Snake by Edgar Wallace. It was made as part of a series of films based on Wallace's work, made either by CCC Film or the rival Rialto.
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| Directed by | Franz Josef Gottlieb |
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| Based on | The Yellow Snake by Edgar Wallace |
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| Cinematography | Siegfried Hold |
| Edited by | Walter Wischniewsky |
| Music by | Raimund Rosenberger |
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| Distributed by | Constantin Film |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
It was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin and on location in London. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Jürgen Kiebach and Ernst Schomer.
Cast edit
- Joachim Fuchsberger as Clifford Lynn
- Brigitte Grothum as Joan Bray
- Pinkas Braun as Fing-Su / St. Clay
- Doris Kirchner as Mabel Narth
- Werner Peters as Stephan Narth
- Charles Regnier as Major Spedwell
- Claus Holm as Inspektor Frazer
- Fritz Tillmann as Joe Bray
- Eddi Arent as Samuel Carter
- Zeev Berlinsky as Straßenkehrer
References edit
- ^ Bergfelder p.254
Bibliography edit
- Bergfelder, Tim. International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-Productions in the 1960s. Berghahn Books, 2005.
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