the Monk with the Whip

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| name = The Monk with the Whip

| image = The Monk with the Whip.jpg

| caption =

| director = Alfred Vohrer

| producer = Horst Wendlandt

| writer = {{ubl|Edgar Wallace (novel)|Herbert Reinecker}}

| narrator =

| starring = {{ubl|Joachim Fuchsberger|Uschi Glas|Grit Boettcher}}

| music = Martin Böttcher

| cinematography = Karl Löb

| editing = Jutta Hering

| studio = Rialto Film

| distributor = Constantin Film

| released = {{Film date|1967|08|11|df=yes}}

| runtime = 88 minutes

| country = West Germany

| language = German

| budget =

| gross =

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The Monk with the Whip (German: Der Mönch mit der Peitsche) is a 1967 West German mystery thriller film directed by Alfred Vohrer and starring Joachim Fuchsberger, Uschi Glas and Grit Boettcher.Bergfelder p.256 It is inspired by the 1926 novel The Black Abbot and subsequent 1927 play The Terror by Edgar Wallace which also served as the basis for the 1965 film The Sinister Monk. It was made as part of Rialto Film's long-running series of film adaptations of Wallace's works.

The sets were designed by the art director Walter Kutz and Wilhelm Vorwerg. It was shot at the Spandau Studios and on location in West Berlin.

The film was released in the U.S. as The College Girl Murders.{{Cite web|title=College Girl Murders|url=https://www.mpihomevideo.com/products/college-girl-murders-dvd|access-date=2020-10-01|website=MPI Home Video|language=en}}

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Bibliography

  • Bergfelder, Tim. International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-Productions in the 1960s. Berghahn Books, 2005.
  • Pitts, Michael R. Thrills Untapped: Neglected Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Films, 1928-1936. McFarland, 2018.