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The Devil's Daffodil (1961)

The Devil's Daffodil poster
Original title
Das Geheimnis der gelben Narzissen
Directed by
Ákos Ráthonyi
Genre
crime film, mystery film
Country
Germany, United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 30m
Rated
12
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 30 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A series of murders are linked to yellow daffodils. Two detectives investigate the case across different countries.

suspensefulmysteriousnoirishtensepuzzlingold-fashioned

What happens

The Devil's Daffodil (also known as Daffodil Killer or German: Das Geheimnis der gelben Narzissen/ Secret of the Yellow Daffodils) is a 1961 British-West German black-and-white crime film directed by Ákos Ráthonyi. The film was produced in an English and a German version, starring different actors in the lead roles but otherwise featuring an almost identical cast and crew. It starred William Lucas in the English version and Joachim Fuchsberger in the German one. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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