The Curse of the Hidden Vault (1964)

Original title

Die Gruft mit dem Rätselschloss

Directed by

Franz Josef Gottlieb

Genre

crime film, mystery film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 31m

Rated

12

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 15 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A detective investigates a series of crimes tied to a hidden vault and a cryptic curse. The story follows his attempts to unravel secrets from the past.

suspensefulintriguingatmosphericclassicmysteriousslow-burndarkcerebral

What happens

The Curse of the Hidden Vault (German: Die Gruft mit dem Rätselschloß) is a 1964 black and white West German crime film directed by Franz Josef Gottlieb and starring Harald Leipnitz, Eddi Arent, Siegfried Schürenberg and Klaus Kinski. It is based on the 1908 novel Angel Esquire by Edgar Wallace, previously made into a British silent film. It was shot at the Spandau Studios and Tempelhof Studios in Berlin and on location in London. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Wilhelm Vorwerg and Walter Kutz. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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