The Door with Seven Locks (1962 film)
1962 British film by Alfred Vohrer
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The Door with Seven Locks (German: Die Tür mit den sieben Schlössern) is a 1962 German-language crime film directed by Alfred Vohrer and starring Heinz Drache.[1] It is an adaptation of the 1926 Edgar Wallace novel of the same name.
Directed byAlfred Vohrer
Written by
- Edgar Wallace
- Harald G. Petersson
- Johannes Kai
- Gerhard F. Hummel
Produced by
- Preben Philipsen,
- Horst Wendlandt,
- Jacques Letienne
StarringHeinz Drache
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| Directed by | Alfred Vohrer |
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| Starring | Heinz Drache |
| Cinematography | Karl Löb |
| Edited by | Carl Otto Bartning |
| Music by | Peter Thomas |
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| Distributed by | Constantin Film |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
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| Language | German |
Cast
- Heinz Drache as Inspector Richard "Dick" Martin
- Sabine Sesselmann as Sybil Lansdown (as Sabina Sesselmann)
- Eddi Arent as Kriminalassistent Holms
- Pinkas Braun as Dr. Antonio Staletti
- Hans Nielsen as Mr. Haveloc
- Gisela Uhlen as Emely Cody, née Cawler
- Werner Peters as Bertram Cody
- Jan Hendriks as Tom Cawler
- Ady Berber as Peter Cawler / Giacco
- Siegfried Schürenberg as Sir John
- Friedrich Joloff as caretaker Burt
- Klaus Kinski as Pheeny
- Eva Ebner as announcer at airport (voice) (uncredited)
- Arthur Schilsky as Peter Livingston (uncredited)
- Alfred Vohrer as announcer at airport / onlooker (uncredited)
Production
It is an adaptation of the Edgar Wallace novel The Door with Seven Locks[2] which had previously been made into a 1940 British film of the same title. Cinematography took place between 26 February and 30 March 1962 at the Ufa-Filmatelier, Berlin and at locations like Tempelhof and Pfaueninsel.[2]
