The Secret of the Black Trunk (German: Das Geheimnis der schwarzen Koffer) is a 1962 West German crime thriller film directed by Werner Klingler and starring Joachim Hansen, Senta Berger and Hans Reiser.Kujacinski p.91Kramp p.264 It is based on the novel Death Packs a Suitcase by British writer Bryan Edgar Wallace. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Paul Markwitz and Wilhelm Vorwerg. It was shot at the Spandau Studios in West Berlin. It was produced at the time a successful series of films were produced based on the novels of Byran's father Edgar Wallace.
Cast Joachim Hansen as Inspector Robert Finch Senta Berger as Susan Brown Hans Reiser as Humphrey Curtis, Schriftsteller Leonard Steckel as Doctor Daniel Bransby Chris Howland as Arnold Wickerley Helga Sommerfeld as Lissy, Tänzerin Stanislav Ledinek as Kudernacz Elfriede Irrall as Diana Zeev Berlinsky as Garnett Kurt Waitzmann as Geschäftsführer der Soho-Bar Hans W. Hamacher as Sergeant Cannings Heinrich Gies as Ellison, Chefinspektor Gerhard Hartig as Mr. Forester Peter Carsten as Ponko, ein Bettler Albert Bessler as FBI-Mann Harris Carl de Vogt as Patient
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Bibliography Bergfelder, Tim. International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-Productions in the 1960s. Berghahn Books, 2005. Kramp, Joachim· Hallo! Hier spricht Edgar Wallace: die Geschichte der deutschen Kriminalfilmserie 1959-1972. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, 2001. Kujacinski Dona. Horst Wendlandt. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, 2016.
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