• Source: The Ringer (1932 film)

      • The Ringer (German: Der Hexer) is a 1932 Austrian-German mystery film directed by Martin Frič and Karel Lamač and starring Paul Richter, Maria Matray and Wera Engels. It is a screen adaptation of Edgar Wallace's 1925 novel The Ringer. Another German version, Der Hexer, was made in 1964. It was shot at the Sievering Studios in Vienna. The film's sets were designed by the art director Heinz Fenchel.


      Synopsis


      A master of disguise, the notorious "Ringer", has returned to London and is sending threatening messages to the criminal Maurice Meister. Inspector Wenbury of Scotland Yard endeavours to capture the elusive Ringer before he is able to murder Meister.


      Cast


      Paul Richter as Inspektor Wenbury
      Maria Matray as Mary Lenley
      Carl Walther Meyer as John Lenley
      Wera Engels as Cora Ann Milton
      Fritz Rasp as Maurice Meister
      Paul Henckels as Hauptinspektor Bliss
      Leopold Kramer as Polizeiarzt Dr. Lomond
      Karl Etlinger as Sam Hackitt
      Karl Forest as Oberst Walford
      Franz Schafheitlin as Wachtmeister Carter


      Production


      It is Lamač's second adaptation from a novel by Wallace, after The Squeaker, the year before, both being the first sound film adaptations of Wallace books in German cinema.


      See also


      The Ringer (1928)
      The Ringer (1931)
      The Gaunt Stranger (1938)
      The Ringer (1952)
      Der Hexer (1964)


      References




      Bibliography


      Bergfelder, Tim. International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-Productions in the 1960s. Berghahn Books, 2005.


      External links


      The Ringer at IMDb

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