Der Hexer (1964 film)

Der Hexer
Directed by	Alfred Vohrer
Written by	Herbert Reinecker Harald G. Petersson based on a novel by Edgar Wallace
Produced by	Horst Wendlandt
Starring	Joachim Fuchsberger Heinz Drache
Cinematography	Karl Löb
Edited by	Jutta Hering
Music by	Peter Thomas
Production company	Rialto Film
Distributed by	Constantin Film
Release date	21 August 1964 (1964-08-21)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

Der Hexer (translated into English alternatively as The Ringer, The Wizard or The Mysterious Magician) is a 1964 West German black and white mystery film directed by Alfred Vohrer and starring Joachim Fuchsberger. It was part of a very successful series of German films based on the writings of Edgar Wallace and adapted from the 1925 novel titled The Ringer (originally: The Gaunt Stranger). In 1965 a sequel Neues vom Hexer was released.

Cast

• Joachim Fuchsberger as Inspector Higgins
• Heinz Drache as James Wesby
• Margot Trooger as Cora Ann Milton
• René Deltgen as Arthur Milton
• Eddi Arent as Finch
• Siegfried Lowitz as Warren
• Siegfried Schürenberg as Sir John Archibald
• Sophie Hardy as Elise
• de as Maurice Messer
• Kurt Waitzmann as Reddingwood
• Karl Lange as Reverend Hopkins
• Karl John as Shelby
• Ann Savo as Jean
• Hilde Sessak as wardress
• de as Gwenda Milton
• de as receptionist
• Inge Keck as flower girl
• Wilhelm Vorwerg as parson
• Josef Wolff as waiter

Production

The film was adapted from the 1925 novel by Edgar Wallace titled The Ringer (originally: The Gaunt Stranger). An earlier German version had been made in the Weimar Republic in 1932, also called Der Hexer.

Cinematography took place from 3 June to 10 July 1964 at Hamburg and at the CCC-Studios at Berlin-Spandau.

Release

The FSK gave the film a rating of 16 and up and found it not appropriate for screenings on public holidays.

It premiered on 21 August 1964 at the Alhambra in Düsseldorf.

Other Film Versions

• The Ringer (1928)
• The Ringer (1931)
• The Sorceror (Der Hexer, 1932)
• The Gaunt Stranger (1938)
• The Ringer (1952)