Im Banne des Unheimlichen
{{Short description|1968 film}}
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| director = Alfred Vohrer
| writer =
| screenplay = Ladislas Fodor
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| based_on = {{Based on|The Hand of Power|Edgar Wallace}}
| starring = {{plainlist|* Joachim Fuchsberger
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| cinematography = Karl Löb
| editing = Jutta Hering
| music = Peter Thomas
| studio = Rialto Film Preben Philipsen GmbH & Co. KG
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| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1968|4|17|West Germany}}
| country = West Germany{{cite web|url=https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/im-banne-des-unheimlichen_ea43d4a6a1c25006e03053d50b37753d|publisher=Filmportal.de|language=German|title=Im Banne des Unheimlichen|accessdate=March 2, 2022}}
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Im Banne des Unheimlichen (lit. Under the Spell of the Unknown); English title The Zombie Walks, a.k.a. The Hand of Power) is a 1968 West German crime film directed by Alfred Vohrer and starring Joachim Fuchsberger and {{Interlanguage link multi|Siw Mattson|de}}.{{cite web |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/126048/Im-Banne-des-Unheimlichen/overview |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130130095133/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/126048/Im-Banne-des-Unheimlichen/overview |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-01-30 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |author=Hal Erickson |title=New York Times: Im Banne des Unheimlichen |author-link=Hal Erickson (author) |access-date=2012-02-08}}
Plot
Scotland Yard's Inspector Higgins (Joachim Fuchsberger) becomes involved in a case that began with the corpse of Sir Oliver supposedly laughing from inside of his own coffin during his funeral. Soon people who were close to Sir Oliver start to get killed. Sir Oliver's brother Sir Cecil swears he saw his dead brother jaunting around the countryside in a skeleton costume. Higgins teams up with reporter Peggy Brand (Siw Mattson) and his bumbling chief Sir Arthur (Hubert von Meyerinck) to unmask the villain who is killing people with a poisoned scorpion ring.
Cast
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- Joachim Fuchsberger as Inspektor Higgins
- {{Interlanguage link multi|Siw Mattson|de}} as Peggy Ward
- Wolfgang Kieling as Sir Cecil
- Hubert von Meyerinck as Sir Arthur
- Pinkas Braun as The Stranger
- Claude Farell as Adela
- Peter Mosbacher as Ramiro
- Siegfried Rauch as Dr. Brand
- {{Interlanguage link multi|Otto Stern (actor)|de|3=Otto Stern (Schauspieler)|lt=Otto Stern}} as Mr. Merryl
- Renate Grosser as Mrs. Potter
- {{Interlanguage link multi|Hans Krull|de}} as Mr. Potter
- Lillemor Lindfors as Sabrina
- Ewa Strömberg as Librarian
- Ilse Pagé as Miss Finley
- {{Interlanguage link multi|Edith Schneider|de}} as Professor Bound
- {{Interlanguage link multi|Wolfgang Spier|de}} as Bannister
- Jimmy Powell as Casper}}
Production
The screenplay for the film is based on the novel The Hand of Power by Edgar Wallace.{{cite web|url=http://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/im-banne-des-unheimlichen_ea43d4a6a1c25006e03053d50b37753d|title=Filmportal: Im Banne des Unheimlichen|access-date=17 November 2014}}
Reception
The film premiered at the "Europa" cinema at Oberhausen in West Germany on April 17, 1968.
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0061805|title=Im Banne des Unheimlichen}}
{{Edgar Wallace}}
Category:1960s crime thriller films
Category:German crime thriller films
Category:1960s German-language films
Category:Films directed by Alfred Vohrer
Category:Films based on British novels
Category:Films based on works by Edgar Wallace
Category:Films scored by Peter Thomas (composer)
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