Das schwarze Schaf (1960)

Directed by

Helmut Ashley

Genre

comedy film, mystery film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

12

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 33 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A priest solves a murder by showing that the accused man is innocent and finding the real killer. The film is based on G. K. Chesterton's Father Brown stories.

lightheartedwittyclevermysteriousplayfulclassiclow-stakes

What happens

The Black Sheep (German: Das schwarze Schaf) is a 1960 German krimi mystery film directed by Helmut Ashley and starring Heinz Rühmann, Karl Schönböck and Maria Sebaldt. It is loosely based on the Father Brown stories by G. K. Chesterton. Father Brown manages to demonstrate the innocence of a man accused of murder by finding the real culprit. Rühmann reprised the role in He Can't Stop Doing It in 1962. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and on location in Ireland. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Berthel and Robert Stratil. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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