The Seventh Victim (1964)

Original title

Das siebente Opfer

Directed by

Franz Josef Gottlieb

Genre

crime film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 33m

Rated

16

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A detective investigates a series of murders linked to a racetrack. The case leads him through a web of suspects and secret motives.

gloomysuspensefuldatedstraightforwardtensenoir-ishquick-paced

What happens

The Seventh Victim (German: Das siebente Opfer) is a 1964 West German thriller film directed by Franz Josef Gottlieb and starring Hansjörg Felmy, Ann Smyrner and Hans Nielsen. The film is based on a novel by Bryan Edgar Wallace, one of several films made in an attempt to capitalize on Rialto Film's successful series of adaptions of the novels of his father, Edgar Wallace. It was shot at Spandau Studios in West Berlin with sets designed by art director Hans Jürgen Kiebach and Ernst Schomer. The film is also known by the alternative title The Racetrack Murders. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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