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Der Hexer (1964)

Der Hexer poster
Directed by
Alfred Vohrer
Genre
crime film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 22m
Rated
12
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 57 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A mysterious master criminal known as the Hexer plots a revenge against a group of people in London. The police try to catch him before he can strike again.

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What happens

Der Hexer (aka The Ringer, The Wizard or The Mysterious Magician) is a 1964 West German black-and-white mystery film directed by Alfred Vohrer and starring Joachim Fuchsberger. It was part of a very successful series of German films based on the writings of Edgar Wallace and adapted from the 1925 novel titled The Ringer (originally: The Gaunt Stranger). In 1965, a sequel Neues vom Hexer (Again the Ringer) was released. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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