''The Murderer with the Silk Scarf'' () is a 1966 West German-Italian

crime film Crime film is a film belonging to the crime fiction genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and fiction. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as Drama (film and television), dr ...

produced and directed by

Adrian Hoven Adrian Hoven (18 May 1922 – 28 April 1981) was an Austrian actor, producer and film director. He appeared in 100 films between 1947 and 1981. He was born in Wöllersdorf, Austria as ''Wilhelm Arpad Hofkirchner'' and died in Tegernsee, We ...

(who also appeared in the film), and starring

Carl Möhner Carl Martin Rudolf Möhner (11 August 1921 – 14 January 2005) was an Austrian film actor, director, screenwriter and painter. He appeared in more than 40 films between 1949 and 1976. His most famous roles were as Jo "le Suédois" in the 19 ...

Folco Lulli Folco Lulli (3 July 1912 – 23 May 1970) was an Italian partisan and film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1946 and 1970. Life and career Born in Florence, the son of the baritone Gino Lulli and the elder brother of actor ...

Helga Liné Helga Lina Stern (born 14 July 1932), known as Helga Liné (), is a German-born Spanish film actress, model, and former vedette. She was a star of the horror genre during the 1960's and '70s, and gained the reputation of a scream queen. Earl ...

and

Harald Juhnke Harald Juhnke (, born Harry Heinz Herbert Juhnke, 10 June 1929 – 1 April 2005), was a German actor, comedian, and singer. Life and career Juhnke was born in Berlin-Charlottenburg. His father was a police officer and his mother came from a ...

.Petricci p.246

Plot

Peeking through a mail slot, a little girl sees her mother being murdered by a man, but she is unable to identify the killer. When the police investigate the murder, the killer decides to eliminate the little girl since he knows she is the only witness to the crime.

Cast

as Boris Garrett *

as Polizeirat Erwin Moll *

as Oberinspektor Charly Fischer *

Susanne Uhlen Susanne Uhlen (; born Susanne Kieling; January 17, 1955) is a German actress. She is the daughter of actors Wolfgang Kieling and Gisela Uhlen, and is niece to German actor, Max Schreck of ''Nosferatu'' fame. Career Uhlen began her acting car ...

as Claudia Sampton *

as Waldemar Fürst * Sonja Romanoff as Wally Specht *

as Prisca Sampton *

Erwin Strahl Erwin Strahl (12 February 1929 – 20 April 2011) was an Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, state ...

as Toni Stein *

Ady Berber Ady Berber (4 February 1913 – 3 January 1966) was an Austrian film actor, professional wrestler and café owner. He appeared in more than 40 films between 1936 and 1966. He was born and died in Vienna, Austria. Selected filmography * '' C ...

as Kriminalinspektor Stenzel * Greta Zimmer as Frau Moll *

Vera Complojer Vera Complojer (1896–1969) was an Austrian stage and film actress.Giesen p.231 Selected filmography * '' Maria Ilona'' (1939) * '' Her First Experience'' (1939) * '' Detours to Happiness'' (1939) * '' Wunschkonzert'' (1940) * '' The Sinful Vil ...

as 'Tante' Blaschek * Astrid Boner as Maria Stein *

Elisabeth Stiepl Elisabeth Stiepl (27 February 1921 – 4 May 2007) was an Austrian film and television actress. As a character actress, she appeared in more than ninety film and TV productions during her career in small or supporting parts. Stiepl died in Neuleng ...

as Nachbarin Gmeiner

References

Bibliography

* Simone Petricci. ''Il Cinema E Siena: La Storia, I Protagonisti, Le Opere''. Manent, 1997.

External links

* 1966 films 1966 crime films German crime films West German films 1960s German-language films Films directed by Adrian Hoven Italian crime films Constantin Film films Films set in Vienna 1960s German films 1960s Italian films German-language Italian films {{1960s-Germany-film-stub