The Curse of the Hidden Vault () is a 1964 black and white West German crime film directed by Franz Josef Gottlieb and starring Harald Leipnitz, Eddi Arent, Siegfried Schürenberg and Klaus Kinski. It is based on the 1908 novel Angel Esquire by Edgar Wallace, previously made into a British silent film..
It was shot at the Spandau Studios and Tempelhof Studios in Berlin and on location in London. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Wilhelm Vorwerg and Walter Kutz.
Cast
Harald Leipnitz as Jimmy Flynn
Judith Dornys as Kathleen Kent
Rudolf Forster as Real
Werner Peters as Spedding
Ernst Fritz Fürbringer as Connor
Siegfried Schürenberg as Sir John
Harry Meyen as Inspector Angel
Vera Tschechowa as Feder-Lissy
Ilse Steppat as Margaret
Harry Wüstenhagen as Goyle
as Cyril
Klaus Kinski as George
Eddi Arent as Ferry Westlake
Kurt Waitzmann as Mr. Simpson
as Bat Sand
as Vinnis
Reception
The FSK gave the film a rating of "16 and older" and found it not appropriate for screenings on public holidays. The film premiered on 30 April 1964.
References
Bibliography
Bergfelder, Tim. International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-Productions in the 1960s. Berghahn Books, 2005.