The Curse of the Yellow Snake
The Curse of the Yellow Snake | |
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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 | |
Production company | CCC Film |
Distributed by | Constantin Film |
Release date | 22 February 1963 |
Running time | 98 minutes |
Country | West Germany |
Language | German |
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.
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 .
Cast[]
- 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
- as Straßenkehrer
References[]
- ^ Bergfelder p.254
Bibliography[]
- Bergfelder, Tim. International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-Productions in the 1960s. Berghahn Books, 2005.
External links[]
- The Curse of the Yellow Snake at IMDb
Categories:
- German-language films
- 1963 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
- Constantin Film films
- 1960s German film stubs