The Phantom of Soho (German: Das Phantom von Soho) is a 1964 West German thriller film directed by Franz Josef Gottlieb and starring Dieter Borsche, Barbara Rütting and Hans Söhnker.[1] It was based on a novel by Bryan Edgar Wallace and was part in a large group of British-set thrillers made in Germany at the time, many of them adapted from the works of Wallace's father Edgar Wallace.
| The Phantom of Soho | |
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| Directed by | Franz Josef Gottlieb |
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| Cinematography | Richard Angst |
| Edited by | Walter Wischniewsky |
| Music by | Martin Böttcher |
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| Distributed by | Gloria Film |
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Running time | 97 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
- 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 as Dr. Dalmer
- Hans Nielsen as Lord Harold Malhouse
- Stanislav Ledinek as Gilard, club manager
- Otto Waldis 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 as Joanna Filiati
References
Bibliography
- Bergfelder, Tim. International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-Productions in the 1960s. Berghahn Books, 2005.
