The Hunchback of Soho

The Hunchback of Soho
Directed by	Alfred Vohrer
Written by	Edgar Wallace (story) Herbert Reinecker
Produced by	Fritz Klotsch Horst Wendlandt
Starring	Günther Stoll Pinkas Braun Monika Peitsch
Cinematography	Karl Löb
Edited by	Susanne Paschen
Music by	Peter Thomas
Production company	Rialto Film
Distributed by	Constantin Film
Release date	6 September 1966
Running time	89 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

The Hunchback of Soho (German: Der Bucklige von Soho) is a 1966 West German crime film directed by Alfred Vohrer and starring Günther Stoll, Pinkas Braun and Monika Peitsch.

It was part of Rialto Film's long-running group of Edgar Wallace adaptations, and was the first in the series to be shot in Eastmancolor. It was made at the CCC Studios and on location in Berlin and London.

Synopsis

Scotland Yard investigate a series of murders at a castle which is now being used as a girls school.

Cast

• Günther Stoll as Inspektor Hopkins
• Monika Peitsch as Wanda Merville
• Pinkas Braun as Alan Davis
• Eddi Arent as Reverend David
• Siegfried Schürenberg as Sir John
• Agnes Windeck as Lady Marjorie Perkins
• Gisela Uhlen as Mrs. Tyndal
• Hubert von Meyerinck as General Edward Perkins
• Uta Levka as Gladys Gardner
• Suzanne Roquette as Laura
• Joachim Teege as Rechtsanwalt Harold Stone
• Hilde Sessak as Oberin
• Susanne Hsiao as Viola
• Kurt Waitzmann as Sergeant
• Ilse Pagé as Jane
• Albert Bessler as Butler Anthony
• Richard Haller as Der Bucklige

Bibliography

• Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

• The Hunchback of Soho at IMDb