''The Red Hand'' (German: ''Die rote Hand'') is a 1960 West German

crime In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a State (polity), state or other authority. The term ''crime'' does not, in modern criminal law, have any simple and universally accepted definition,Farmer, Lindsay: "Crime, definiti ...

thriller film Thriller film, also known as suspense film or suspense thriller, is a broad film genre that evokes excitement and suspense in the audience. The suspense element found in most films' plots is particularly exploited by the filmmaker in this genre. ...

directed by

Kurt Meisel Kurt Meisel (18 August 1912 – 4 April 1994) was an Austrian actor and film director. He appeared in 65 films between 1934 and 1994. He also directed 21 films between 1949 and 1984. Meisel was married to the actress Ursula Lingen. He was born a ...

and starring

Paul Hubschmid Paul Hubschmid (; 20 July 1917 – 1 January 2002) was a Switzerland, Swiss actor. He was most notable for his role as Pygmalion (play), Henry Higgins in the German stage production of ''My Fair Lady''. In his Hollywood films he was billed as Pa ...

, Hannes Messemer and

Eleonora Rossi Drago Eleonora Rossi Drago, born Palmina Omiccioli, (23 September 1925 – 2 December 2007) was an Italian film actress. She was born in Quinto al Mare, Genoa, Italy, and had the leading role in '' Le amiche''. She appeared in '' The Facts of Mur ...

.Bock & Bergfelder p.219 The film's sets were designed by the

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Emil Hasler Emil Hasler (8 November 1901 – 15 January 1986) was a German art director who worked on more than a hundred films during his career. These included a number of Weimar classics such as '' Diary of a Lost Girl, M'' and ''The Blue Angel''.Prawer ...

and

Walter Kutz Walter Kutz (1904 – 1983) was a German art director.Langford p.223 Selected filmography * '' Nora'' (1944) * '' Dreaming'' (1944) * '' The Silent Guest'' (1945) * '' And the Heavens Above Us'' (1947) * '' Nights on the Nile'' (1949) * '' The C ...

. The film is inspired by the

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affair in Western Germany.

Cast

as Johnny Zamaris * Hannes Messemer as Mahora Khan *

as Violetta Scotoni *

Susanne von Almassy Susanne von Almassy (1916–2009) was an Austrian stage and film actress.Dassanowsky p.131 Selected filmography * '' The Disturbed Wedding Night'' (1950) * '' A Rare Lover'' (1950) * ''Mailman Mueller'' (1953) * '' The Story of Anastasia'' (1956) ...

as Maria Gomez *

Rainer Brandt Rainer Brandt (19 January 1936 – 1 August 2024) was a German actor, dubbing director and dubbing writer. He appeared in 40 films between 1959 and 1986, but is arguably most well known for his work in German dubbing. He was born in Berlin, Germ ...

as Carnetti *

Fritz Rémond Jr. Fritz Rémond Jr. (1902–1976) was a German actor of stage, film and television.Schwandt p.211 Selected filmography * ''When a Woman Loves (film), When a Woman Loves'' (1950) * ''Oh, You Dear Fridolin'' (1952) * ''Captain Bay-Bay'' (1953) * ''I ...

as Theaterdirektor Jif *

Willi Rose Wilhelm Bernhard Max Rose (4 February 1902 – 16 June 1978) was a German actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1936 to 1978. Selected filmography References External links

* 1902 births 1978 deaths Male actors f ...

as Inspektor Auer *

Kurt Waitzmann Kurt Waitzmann (30 January 1905 – 21 May 1985) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1937 and 1969. Selected filmography * '' Unternehmen Michael'' (1937) - Oblt. Weber * '' Urlaub auf Ehrenwort'' (1938) - Ge ...

as Inspektor Wolff * as Rolando * Toni Herbert as Attermann *

Erich Fiedler Erich Fiedler (15 March 1901 – 19 May 1981) was a German film actor. He was the German dubbing voice of Robert Morley. Selected filmography * '' The Escape to Nice'' (1932) * '' Overnight Sensation'' (1932) * '' Marion, That's Not Nice'' (193 ...

as Attaché Bertrand * Harald Maresch as Grieche *

Edith Schollwer Edith is a feminine given name derived from the Old English word , meaning ''wealth'' or ''prosperity'', in combination with the Old English , meaning ''strife'', and is in common usage in this form in English, German, many Scandinavian langua ...

as Frau Hasselbütt *

Almut Berg Almut is feminine German given name. Notable people with the name include: *Almut Brömmel (born 1935), German javelin and discus thrower *Almut Burchard, German-Canadian mathematician *Almut Hintze (born 1957), German academic, philologist, lingu ...

as Rosl * Edgar O. Faiss as Popoff * Eva Schreiber as Anni

References

Bibliography

* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

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