The Door with Seven Locks (1962 film)

The Door with Seven Locks
The Door with Seven Locks
	Film poster
Directed by	Alfred Vohrer
Written by	Edgar Wallace; Harald G. Petersson; Johannes Kai [de]; Gerhard F. Hummel [de];
Produced by	Preben Philipsen,; Horst Wendlandt,; Jacques Letienne;
Starring	Heinz Drache
Cinematography	Karl Löb
Edited by	Carl Otto Bartning
Music by	Peter Thomas
Production; companies	Rialto Film,; Les Films Jacques Letienne;
Distributed by	Constantin Film
Release dates	2 June 1962 (France); 19 June 1962 (West Germany);
Running time	95 minutes
Countries	West Germany; France;
Language	German

The Door with Seven Locks (German: Die Tür mit den sieben Schlössern) is a 1962 West German-French crime film directed by Alfred Vohrer and starring Heinz Drache.^[1] It is an adaptation of the Edgar Wallace novel The Door with Seven Locks.

Cast

Heinz Drache as Inspector Richard "Dick" Martin
Sabine Sesselmann as Sybil Lansdown (as Sabina Sesselmann)
Eddi Arent as Kriminalassistent Holms
Pinkas Braun as Dr. Antonio Staletti
Hans Nielsen as Mr. Haveloc
Gisela Uhlen as Emely Cody, née Cawler
Werner Peters as Bertram Cody
Jan Hendriks as Tom Cawler
Ady Berber as Peter Cawler / Giacco
Siegfried Schürenberg as Sir John
Friedrich Joloff as caretaker Burt
Klaus Kinski as Pheeny
Eva Ebner [de] as announcer at airport (voice) (uncredited)
Arthur Schilsky as Peter Livingston (uncredited)
Alfred Vohrer as announcer at airport / onlooker (uncredited)

Production

It is an adaptation of the Edgar Wallace novel The Door with Seven Locks^[2] which had previously been made into a 1940 British film of the same title. Cinematography took place between 26 February and 30 March 1962 at the Ufa-Filmatelier, Berlin and at locations like Tempelhof and Pfaueninsel.^[2]

Release

The FSK gave the film a rating of 16 and up and found it not appropriate for screenings on public holidays.^[2]

It premiered in France under the title La porte aux sept serrures on 2 June 1962 at the Scarlett/Paris. The German premiere was on 19 June at the Europa-Palast at Frankfurt.^[2]

References

^ "New York Times: The Door with Seven Locks". NY Times. Retrieved 19 October 2008.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Filmportal: Die Tür mit den sieben Schlössern". Retrieved 3 August 2016.

External links

The Door with Seven Locks at IMDb

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[NY_Times-1] "New York Times: The Door with Seven Locks". NY Times. Retrieved 19 October 2008.

[Filmportal-2] "Filmportal: Die Tür mit den sieben Schlössern". Retrieved 3 August 2016.

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