The Ringer
DVD cover
Directed byMartin Frič
Karel Lamač
Written byEdgar Wallace (novel)
Knut Borries
Gigotte Walter
Produced byKarel Lamač
StarringPaul Richter
Maria Matray
Wera Engels
CinematographyOtto Heller
Edited byElla Ensink
Music byJara Beneš
Artur Guttmann
Production
company
Ondra-Lamac-Film
Distributed bySüd-Film
Release date
  • 22 July 1932 (1932-07-22)
Running time
88 minutes
CountriesAustria
Germany
LanguageGerman

The Ringer (German: Der Hexer) is a 1932 Austrian-German mystery film directed by Martin Frič and Karel Lamač and starring Paul Richter, Maria Matray and Wera Engels.[1] It is a screen adaptation of Edgar Wallace's 1925 novel The Ringer.[2] Another German version, Der Hexer, was made in 1964. It was shot at the Sievering Studios in Vienna. The film's sets were designed by the art director Heinz Fenchel.

Synopsis

A master of disguise, the notorious "Ringer" has returned to London and is sending threatening messages to the criminal Maurice Meister. Inspector Wenbury of Scotland Yard is deputed to capture the elusive Ringer before he is able to murder Meister.

Cast

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Der Hexer". csfd.cz. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
  2. ↑ Bergfelder p.145

Bibliography

  • Bergfelder, Tim. International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-Productions in the 1960s. Berghahn Books, 2005.


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