Der Frosch mit der Maske (1959)

Directed by

Harald Reinl

Genre

crime film, mystery film, thriller film

Country

Germany, Denmark

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

16

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 40 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A mysterious criminal known as the Frog terrorizes London by committing daring crimes. A police inspector teams up with a private detective to track down the elusive villain.

vintagemysteriouslightheartedpacednoirishsuspensefulclassicplayful

What happens

Der Frosch mit der Maske (translation: The Frog with the Mask), aka Face of the Frog, is a 1959 West German-Danish black-and-white crime film directed by Harald Reinl and starring Siegfried Lowitz and Joachim Fuchsberger. It was the first of a very successful series of films based on works by Edgar Wallace produced by Rialto Film in West Germany. This film was adapted from the 1925 novel The Fellowship of the Frog. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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