The Forger of London

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The Forger of London
Directed byHarald Reinl
Written byEdgar Wallace (novel)
Johannes Kai [de]
Produced byHorst Wendlandt
StarringKarin Dor
Hellmut Lange
Siegfried Lowitz
CinematographyKarl Löb
Edited byHermann Ludwig
Music byMartin Böttcher
Production
company
Distributed byConstantin Film
Release date
15 August 1961
Running time
93 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

The Forger of London (German:Der Fälscher von London) is a 1961 West German crime film directed by Harald Reinl and starring Karin Dor, Hellmut Lange and Siegfried Lowitz.[1] It is an adaptation of Edgar Wallace's novel The Forger, and part of a long-running series of German Wallace films made during the decade.

Cast

Production

The film is an adaptation of Edgar Wallace's novel The Forger.[2]

The sets were designed by the art directors Mathias Matthies and Ellen Schmidt.[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 on 15 August 1961 at the Neues Bavaria cinema at Aachen.[2]

References

  1. ^ Bergfelder p.254
  2. ^ a b c d "Filmportal: Der Fälscher von London". Retrieved 3 August 2016.

Bibliography

  • Bergfelder, Tim. International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-Productions in the 1960s. Berghahn Books, 2005.

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