The Curse of the Yellow Snake
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| Directed by | Franz Josef Gottlieb |
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| Based on | The Yellow Snake by Edgar Wallace |
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| Cinematography | Siegfried Hold |
| Edited by | Walter Wischniewsky |
| Music by | Raimund Rosenberger |
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| Distributed by | Constantin Film |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
The Curse of the Yellow Snake (German: Der Fluch der gelben Schlange) is a 1963 West German crime thriller film directed by Franz Josef Gottlieb and starring Joachim Fuchsberger, Brigitte Grothum and Pinkas Braun.[1] It is based on the 1926 novel The Yellow Snake by Edgar Wallace. It was made as part of a series of films based on Wallace's work, made either by CCC Film or the rival Rialto.
It was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin and on location in London. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Jürgen Kiebach and Ernst Schomer.
Cast
[edit]- Joachim Fuchsberger as Clifford Lynn
- Brigitte Grothum as Joan Bray
- Pinkas Braun as Fing-Su / St. Clay
- Doris Kirchner as Mabel Narth
- Werner Peters as Stephan Narth
- Charles Regnier as Major Spedwell
- Claus Holm as Inspektor Frazer
- Fritz Tillmann as Joe Bray
- Eddi Arent as Samuel Carter
- Zeev Berlinsky as Straßenkehrer
References
[edit]- ^ Bergfelder p.254
Bibliography
[edit]- Bergfelder, Tim. International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-Productions in the 1960s. Berghahn Books, 2005.
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