Update List of all Krimi Films ranked by German ticket sales III

 I have come across some interesting facts while researching the German Krimis, here are the additions/changes in my LIST (click to see the always updated one)

1. "Im Stahlnetz des Dr. Mabuse" is now in the list, it simply slipped through my fingers.

2. "An einem Freitag um halb zwölf" 

This is about a heist-squad that is about to rob an american army payment truck in Marseilles. A German-Italian-French co-production with a lot of familiar German Krimi faces.

3. "Blutige Seide" 

(Blood and Black Lace), added the alternative german title for Switzerland and Austria "Der Würger mit der Maske" and found out that all 3 "Würger/Strangler"- films were actually (co-)produced by none other than Erwin C. Dietrich who gave us "Ilsa, the wicked warden" and so much more joyful J. Franco (Jack the Ripper) movies.

This is why I marked all 3 "Strangler" films as their own series.

4.  "Schwarzer Markt der Liebe"

came up in my further research on Erwin C. Dietrich, this is the movie that had such a good ROI that he decided to follow that kind of movies instead of producing more krimis. This is borderline roughie sexploitation, but still has enough krimi elements in it to qualify.

5. "Der Zeuge hinter der Wand"

aka "What the peeper saw" is a british-italian-german production that offers nice performances by Hardy Krüger und Lilly Palmer. This is about a proto-Damian-Omen young boy who seduces his stepmother and murders everybody.

Thankfully, we only get an Andrea Bianchi co-direction and co-writing credits, otherwise our deranged italian friend would have gladly gone the whole way. Here the incestous relations is still handled with some kind of inhibition (but tasteless and graphic nonetheless). 

Poor Britt Ekland, what have you got to do to stay in movie business....

 

6. "Das Testament des Schreckens"

this is an obvious cash-in on both mabuse and edgar wallace movies, just look at the title "The Testament of Terror". This one was directed by my all-time favourite voice actor Jürgen Goslar (and helm of numerous sleazeploitation flicks) and stars  Marianne Koch (!!!), Walter Giller, Hans Nielsen, Heinrich Gretler, Grit Böttcher and the director himself. Aka "Liebling, ich muss dich erschießen". This movie still has to be rediscovered physically. It was an austrian production with very limited release.  It is based on the play "Double Cross" by John O'Hara. It was descrbed as "effective but tasteless".... sounds like my krimi.... Obviously truly a lost gem.

7. "Das brennende Gericht"

(The Burning Court) FRA-ITA-GER. Imdb sais: "A group of people visit a weird old man who is a student of the black arts. The man lives in an ancient, cursed castle. Soon people in the group start being killed off."

This takes place in the black forest and was shot there. It is based on a book by Dickinson Carr and seems to be exactly the Agatha Christie type "Gruselkrimi" everybody was enjoying back then.

Yes, well. This seems to be a small effective movie and there are english-language prints and french prints out there (though none of them seem to be in good state). This is highly regarded in some circles, maybe you can catch it on amazon prime. 

8. "Mord am Canale Grande" 

(Mission to Venice) is another James Headley Chase movie and a truly international co-production. It boats Krimi-actress Karin Baal and Hannes Messmer. 

9."Heisse Ware" 

This 1959 potboiler about smugglers and seedy nightclubs has yet to resurface. I don't know if anyone who has voted for it on IMDB has actually seen it, but it has got an incredibly high 8.6 score!!!