Edgar Wallace: Der Hexer

Originaltitel: Der Hexer

1964
16
1 Std. 22 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,6/10

1688

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Heinz Drache, Joachim Fuchsberger, and Sophie Hardy in Edgar Wallace: Der Hexer (1964)

Crime Mystery

Als seine Schwester einem Mord zum Opfer fällt, kehrt der Hexer, eine selbsternannter Rächer und Meister der Verkleidung, nach London zurück, um mit ihren Mördern abzurechnen.Als seine Schwester einem Mord zum Opfer fällt, kehrt der Hexer, eine selbsternannter Rächer und Meister der Verkleidung, nach London zurück, um mit ihren Mördern abzurechnen.Als seine Schwester einem Mord zum Opfer fällt, kehrt der Hexer, eine selbsternannter Rächer und Meister der Verkleidung, nach London zurück, um mit ihren Mördern abzurechnen.

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,6/10

1688

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

Wissenswertes
Producer Horst Wendlandt kept the last pages of the screenplay in a safe and had each of the leading actors sign a special insurance document in order to keep the surprise ending a secret.

Patzer
A short scene with Finch buying a newspaper on Piccadilly Circus is footage taken from Der Zinker (1963). Although wearing a bowler hat, Arent's sideburns are visibly shorter than in preceding and following scenes.

Verbindungen
Edited from Der Zinker (1963)

Benutzerrezensionen15

Ausgewählte Rezension

6/10

Enjoyable watch.

It's obvious that this movie was supposed to be the German answer to the popular James Bond franchise. In the '60's, actually quite an handful of these sort of spy/detective movies got made but most of them are forgotten now days, including the British and American ones, while in fact they actually were some quite amusing movies to watch. And this movie is also definitely an enjoyable one but not really the best to be based off Edgar Wallace's work.

It remains a bit weird to see all of these German movies, based on Edgar Wallace his novels, which are set in London and features some all-British characters, with all-British names. But no, this all seems to matter very little when watching this movie, since it's quite hard to take it all very seriously. It's a movie made purely for entertainment and it's being a quite silly one with its story and somewhat quirky characters (just like a James Bond movie).

But the series of movies based on the Edgar Wallace novels definitely have some better movies to offer than this one. This isn't really the most exciting watch and at times I wished more would be happening in the story. It all remains quite simplistic, which does certainly go at the expense of its entertainment value at times.

Other than that, it still remains a well made movie. It obviously didn't cost an awful lot of money to make but they did a more than decent job with its resources. It's actually also being a quite creative movie to watch at times, with it directing and cinematography. Perhaps you could say that the movie also benefits from the fact that it's shot in black & white, since somehow I think the movie would had been a far more silly one to watch had it been done in full color.

Not the greatest but still a enjoyable enough, short watch.

6/10

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