The Red Hand (German: Die rote Hand) is a 1960 West German crime thriller film directed by Kurt Meisel and starring Paul Hubschmid, Hannes Messemer and Eleonora Rossi Drago.[1]
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| Directed by | Kurt Meisel |
| Written by | Ernst Neubach |
| Produced by | Ernst Neubach |
| Starring | Paul Hubschmid Hannes Messemer Eleonora Rossi Drago |
| Cinematography | Georg Bruckbauer |
| Edited by | Ingrid Wacker |
| Music by | Harald Böhmelt |
Production company | Ernst Neubach-Film |
| Distributed by | Constantin Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
The film's sets were designed by the art directors Emil Hasler and Walter Kutz.
The film is inspired by the La Main Rouge affair in Western Germany.
Cast
edit- Paul Hubschmid as Johnny Zamaris
- Hannes Messemer as Mahora Khan
- Eleonora Rossi Drago as Violetta Scotoni
- Susanne von Almassy as Maria Gomez
- Rainer Brandt as Carnetti
- Fritz Rémond Jr. as Theaterdirektor Jif
- Willi Rose as Inspektor Auer
- Kurt Waitzmann as Inspektor Wolff
- Klaus Becker as Rolando
- Toni Herbert as Attermann
- Erich Fiedler as Attaché Bertrand
- Harald Maresch as Grieche
- Edith Schollwer as Frau Hasselbütt
- Almut Berg as Rosl
- Edgar O. Faiss as Popoff
- Eva Schreiber as Anni
References
edit- ^ Bock & Bergfelder p.219
Bibliography
edit- Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
External links
edit- The Red Hand at IMDb
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