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Edgar Wallace. Edition 1, 1959-1961 / Rialto Films.
Van Pelt - Video Collection (ask at Circulation Desk) DVD/PAL 029 085 4 discs + booklet
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- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Wallace, Edgar, 1875-1932, author.
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Wallace, Edgar, 1875-1932--Film adaptations.
- Wallace, Edgar.
- Wallace, Edgar, 1875-1932.
- Detective and mystery stories--Film adaptations.
- Detective and mystery stories.
- Murder--Drama.
- Murder.
- Revenge--Drama.
- Revenge.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Detective and mystery films.
- Thrillers (Motion pictures)
- Film adaptations.
- Feature films.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Motion pictures, German.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 4 videodiscs (352 min.) : black and white, sound ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (23 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm)
- 4 3/4 in.
- Place of Publication:
- Munich : Universum Film, 2009.
- Language Note:
- Films in German and English with optional subtitles in English and German.
- System Details:
- DVD; region 2; PAL; Dolby digital.
- digital optical mono Dolby Digital 2.0
- widescreen (16:9)
- PAL
- video file
- region 2
- Summary:
- Four film adaptations of Edgar Wallace novels originally released by Rialto Films (Germany) between 1959 and 1961. (Der Frosch mit der Maske) A supercriminal who sports a frog face mask, commits mayhem in a stately home of England. (Der rote Kreis) A mysterious red circle appears on the neck of a man saved from the guillotine. (Die Bande des Schreckens) The spirit of a hanged man is determined to exact revenge on all who had a hand in his demise. (Der grüne Bogenschütze) A businessman returns home to London, to discover that visitors to his residence are being used for target practice by the 'Green Archer."
- Contents:
- Der Frosch mit der Maske / director, Harald Reinl
- Der rote Kreis / director, Jürgen Roland
- Die Bande des Schreckens / director, Harald Reinl
- Der grüne Bogenschütze / director, Jürgen Roland.
- Participant:
- (Der Frosch mit der Maske) Joachim Fuchsberger, Eva Anthes, Philo Johnson.
- (Der rote Kreis) Renate Ewert, Klausjürgen Wussow.
- (Die Bande des Schreckens) Joachim Fuchsberger, Karin Dor, Fritz Rasp.
- (Der grüne Bogenschütze) Klausjürgen Wussow, Karin Dor, Eddi Arent.
- Credits:
- (Der Frosch mit der Maske) Producer, Preben Philipsen; screenwriters, Egon Eis, J. Joachim Bartsch; directror of photography, Ernst W. Kalinke; editor, Margot Jahn.
- (Der rote Kreis) Producer, Preben Philipsen; screenwriters, Egon Eis, Wolfgang Menge; cinematography, Heinz Pehlke; editor, Margot Jahn.
- (Die Bande des Schreckens) producers, J. Joachim Bartsch, Wolfgang Schnitzler; screenplay, Helmut Beck, Preben Philipsen; cinematography, Albert Benitz; editor, Margot Jahn; music, Heinz Funk.
- (Der grüne Bogenschütze) Producer, Horst Wendlandt; screenwriters, Wolfgang Menge, Wolfgang Schnitzler; cinematography, Heinz Hoelscher; editor, Herbert Taschner; music, Heinz Funk.
- Notes:
- Includes original trailers and photogallery.
- Special features: original theatrical trailers (for all four films); audio commentary for Der Frosch mit der Maske," by screenwriter J. Kramp; newsreel clip "Porträt von H. Wendlandt; stills gallery.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Flora Haney Fund.
- Contains:
- Frosch mit der Maske.
- Rote Kreis.
- Bande des Schreckens.
- Grüne Bogenschütze.
- OCLC:
- 890403689
- Publisher Number:
- 828766425598
- 82876642559
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