The Best of the German "Edgar Wallace" Series
This is my favorite of the German-made Edgar Wallaces. Brilliantly directed by Alfred Vohrer, atmospherically photographed and luxuriously produced, it imaginatively maintains atmosphere and suspense right from its dramatically eerie opening to the shattering surprise finale. (In an article on Edgar Wallace in Films In Review, Jack Edmund Nolan maintains that the plot, characters and background are closer to Wallace's conception than the 1940 British version of the novel, starring Bela Lugosi).
It's hard to judge the quality of the acting from the dubbed edition, but the players do seem to acquit themselves well.
And for once the dubbed version runs longer than that released in the home country!
It's hard to judge the quality of the acting from the dubbed edition, but the players do seem to acquit themselves well.
And for once the dubbed version runs longer than that released in the home country!
- JohnHowardReid
- Aug 24, 2008