The Phantom of Soho (1964)
- Original title
- Das Phantom von Soho
- Directed by
- Franz Josef Gottlieb
- Genre
- crime film
- Country
- Germany
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.3 of 10 from 19 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A series of murders plagues London's Soho district. A detective investigates the killings, which seem linked to a mysterious phantom figure.
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What happens
The Phantom of Soho (German: Das Phantom von Soho) is a 1964 West German crime film directed by Franz Josef Gottlieb and starring Dieter Borsche, Barbara Rütting and Hans Söhnker. It was shot at the Spandau Studios and on location in West Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Jürgen Kiebach and Ernst Schomer. It is based on a novel by Bryan Edgar Wallace and was part of a large group of British-set thrillers made in West Germany at the time, many of them adapted from the works of Wallace's father Edgar Wallace. It is the fifth of ten "Bryan Edgar Wallace" films produced by Artur Brauner, who sought to capitalize on the success of the Edgar Wallace film series. The black-and-white film, shot in Ultrascope, premiered in West German cinemas on 14 February 1964. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Das Kriminalmuseum: Der Fahrplan (1964)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.