Karin Dor ("The Green Archer") and Siegfried Lowitz ("Der Frosch mit der Maske") return for the 7th entry of the Edgar Wallace series, while Hellmut Lange stars for the first time as Peter Clifton who marries the beautiful Jane (Karin Dor). Jane discovers a printing machine for banknotes in her new home. Has she just married "The Forger of London", or who else could be responsible for the counterfeits? Funny enough, Peter doesn't know that himself because he seems to be a victim of schizophrenia... which Jane once dryly describes to him thus: "Can you imagine how interesting it is to have a husband who never knows where he wakes up?" Typical music by Martin Böttcher, unusual story, powerfully directed by Harald Reinl - a good movie, even if none of the most popular in the series. Apparently the producers tried to break fresh ground here instead of repeating a formula, and this courage is one reason why the Edgar Wallace series lasted so long.
5 Reviews
Good
dbborroughs12 January 2009
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Not long after she is married beautiful Karin Dor finds that the printing press used to print fake bank notes is in her home. She's not sure how it got there neither is her husband who has been prone to black outs (she says he he has schizophrenia).
Good but somewhat lesser film in the German Edgar Wallace series of the the 1960's. Well acted and with a plot that isn't run of the series. For me the problem is that the movie doesn't have the snap that many of the other films in the series do, its a bit too matter of fact. I don't want to make out that its a bad film, its not, its good, its just not one of the best films in the series.
Good but somewhat lesser film in the German Edgar Wallace series of the the 1960's. Well acted and with a plot that isn't run of the series. For me the problem is that the movie doesn't have the snap that many of the other films in the series do, its a bit too matter of fact. I don't want to make out that its a bad film, its not, its good, its just not one of the best films in the series.
And So They Were Married
boblipton5 October 2019
Karin Dor marries wealthy Hellmut Lange, but all is not sunny. Her uncle and friends assume she married him for money, of course. At the same time as the marriage Little do they know that he is worried that his father's madness will descend upon him! At the same time, fake bank bills made by "the Forger of London" start showing up, and all the clues point to Mr. Lange. Why then, is Chief Inspector Siegfried Lowitz helping Miss Dor destroy evidence? Could he be part of the forgery ring?
It's one of the Edgar Wallace mysteries shot in Germany. You can tell. Not only is the English dialogue inexpertly looped, but the players move nothing at all like English people. Of course, bad voicework on foreign movies is a hallmark of cheap foreign productions. Anyone who has not noticed that most of the men in Italian peplum movies sound sound like Paul Frees has not been paying attention. Still, it is easy to accept that people in ancient Greece moved like the actors in those movies, because we have no other standards to judge by. 20th-Century Englishmen are another matter, at least when it comes to movie actors, and there's a clear difference in the physical performances.
Still, it's a nicely convoluted murder mystery that appears to be going nowhere for a while, until the answer pops out at you and you realize that, yes, it has been more than adequately foreshadowed. That's something.
It's one of the Edgar Wallace mysteries shot in Germany. You can tell. Not only is the English dialogue inexpertly looped, but the players move nothing at all like English people. Of course, bad voicework on foreign movies is a hallmark of cheap foreign productions. Anyone who has not noticed that most of the men in Italian peplum movies sound sound like Paul Frees has not been paying attention. Still, it is easy to accept that people in ancient Greece moved like the actors in those movies, because we have no other standards to judge by. 20th-Century Englishmen are another matter, at least when it comes to movie actors, and there's a clear difference in the physical performances.
Still, it's a nicely convoluted murder mystery that appears to be going nowhere for a while, until the answer pops out at you and you realize that, yes, it has been more than adequately foreshadowed. That's something.
Crazy!
feindlicheubernahme4 September 2023
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It's not just (maybe) Peter; everything about the 8th film in the Edgar Wallace series is a bit nuts.
First of all, there's his wife, Jane (my god, how beautiful was Karin Dor). She waits until after they're married to protest at being "bought" and cancels sexybedtime. What's a man to do but pump away at the presses? She later admits that she probably did marry him for his money! When she thought he was normal, she didn't really love him. But as soon as she thinks that he's a mad, money-forging, sledgehammer-wielding murderer, she realizes he's the one that she wants, ooh, ooh, ooh.
Basil Hale is a fully paid-up member of the All Men Have All Rights Over All Women Society, as are the majority of men in 60s films. Despite being a rather plain, camp dandy, he sees himself as a cross between Adonis and Mars, the god of war (there I go mixing mythologies again.) Unsurprisingly, he doesn't have any girls and has his arse (that means ass, for you Yanks) handed to him on several occasions before being given the Final Thrashing.
Mrs Anderson is so over the top that the film crew probably had to build a new set every morning after the actress had chewed through every last inch of scenery the day before.
Chief Inspector Bourke helpfully begins getting rid of all evidence incriminating Peter before he has any idea if he's innocent or not. I mean, he turns out to be right in the end, but what if he didn't? Great as a friend, a bit dodgy as a policeman.
Dr Wells is also so confident of himself as an irresistible force of sexual nature that his whole plan is just to get Peter locked up. Afterwards, Jane will just naturally fall into his arms. He even starts the seduction early. Again unsurprisingly, he immediately gets knocked back and then his wife leaves him, taking all his money. Fool.
I'm not angry at you, Uncle John, just disappointed. Both at your criminal behaviour and your lack of painting ability
They're all so mad that Eddi Arent has to be given a dual role to have any chance of standing out as comic relief. So he's the next-door neighbour and the organist who loves his X-Box so much he's had the symbol etched into his face, whose role in the proceedings I really wasn't clear about.
First of all, there's his wife, Jane (my god, how beautiful was Karin Dor). She waits until after they're married to protest at being "bought" and cancels sexybedtime. What's a man to do but pump away at the presses? She later admits that she probably did marry him for his money! When she thought he was normal, she didn't really love him. But as soon as she thinks that he's a mad, money-forging, sledgehammer-wielding murderer, she realizes he's the one that she wants, ooh, ooh, ooh.
Basil Hale is a fully paid-up member of the All Men Have All Rights Over All Women Society, as are the majority of men in 60s films. Despite being a rather plain, camp dandy, he sees himself as a cross between Adonis and Mars, the god of war (there I go mixing mythologies again.) Unsurprisingly, he doesn't have any girls and has his arse (that means ass, for you Yanks) handed to him on several occasions before being given the Final Thrashing.
Mrs Anderson is so over the top that the film crew probably had to build a new set every morning after the actress had chewed through every last inch of scenery the day before.
Chief Inspector Bourke helpfully begins getting rid of all evidence incriminating Peter before he has any idea if he's innocent or not. I mean, he turns out to be right in the end, but what if he didn't? Great as a friend, a bit dodgy as a policeman.
Dr Wells is also so confident of himself as an irresistible force of sexual nature that his whole plan is just to get Peter locked up. Afterwards, Jane will just naturally fall into his arms. He even starts the seduction early. Again unsurprisingly, he immediately gets knocked back and then his wife leaves him, taking all his money. Fool.
I'm not angry at you, Uncle John, just disappointed. Both at your criminal behaviour and your lack of painting ability
They're all so mad that Eddi Arent has to be given a dual role to have any chance of standing out as comic relief. So he's the next-door neighbour and the organist who loves his X-Box so much he's had the symbol etched into his face, whose role in the proceedings I really wasn't clear about.
Forgery turns to murder
Horst_In_Translation17 June 2016
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"Der Fälscher von London" or "The Forger of London" is a West German German-language film from 1961. As this is still among the earliest German Edgar Wallace adaptations, it is still in black-and-white and lead actor Siegfried Lowitz is also not one you would associate with the franchise immediately, at least he is not as known as Fuchsberger or some of the other actors that starred in the Wallace series. This also includes Karin Dor who is on board again here too. And Eddi Aren't (just like writer Johannes Kai) is also a familiar face. Same can be said about director Harald Reinl, even if he is known more for his Winnetou works today. Here the title once again tells us where all these Wallace films take place. but this is the only exception. I find most Wallace films I have seen fairly uninteresting and this one here does not change my perception at all. The actors are certainly a lot more gifted than the material they were given here. And (almost) no actor can really make a bad script work. That's why I give this film a thumbs down and suggest you to watch something else instead.
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