The Secret of the Chinese Carnation
1964 film
- Rudolf Zehetgruber
by Louis Weinert-Wilton
- Paul Dahlke
- Olga Schoberová
- Dietmar Schönherr
Production
companies
companies
- Rapid Film
- Metheus Film
- Les Films Jacques Leitienne
Release date
- 9 October 1964 (1964-10-09)
Running time
- France
- Italy
- West Germany
The Secret of the Chinese Carnation (German: Das Geheimnis der chinesischen Nelke, Italian: Il segreto del garofano cinese) is a 1964 German-Italian krimi eurospy film directed by Rudolf Zehetgruber and starring Paul Dahlke, Olga Schoberová, Klaus Kinski and Dietmar Schönherr.[1] It is based on a novel by Louis Weinert-Wilton, one of four film adaptations of his work released in the wake of the commercial success of Rialto Film's Edgar Wallace series.[2]
It was shot at the Barrandov Studios in Prague and on location in the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director Otto Renelt.
Cast
- Paul Dahlke as Reginald Sheridan
- Olga Schoberová as Susan Bexter
- Dietmar Schönherr as Dr. Cecil Wilkens
- Horst Frank as Leutnant Legget
- Klaus Kinski as Speranzo
- Brad Harris as Donald Ramsey
- Dominique Boschero as Mary Lou
- Corrado Annicelli as Professor Bexter
- Maria Vincent as Kitty
- Pierre Richard as Inspektor Travers
- Jacques Bézard
- Siegfried Grönig as Gillespie
References
- ^ "New York Times: Secret of the Chinese Carnation". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2011. Archived from the original on 20 May 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2008.
- ^ Goble p. 494
Bibliography
- Goble, Alan (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-095194-3.
External links
- The Secret of the Chinese Carnation at IMDb
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