English dubbing supervised by Jacques Willmetz at his Paris Studios from a script by Alan Adair. Producer: Artur Brauner. Executive producer: Heinz Willeg.
A C.C.C. Production. Copyright 1964. West German release: 14 February 1964. U.S. release through Producers Releasing Organization: March 1967. New York opening: July 1967. Original title: das Phantom von Soho. 92 minutes.
COMMENT: Despite an unenthusiastic review by the U.S. trade paper Variety, I found this to be a gripping and wholly suspenseful movie. The characters are particularly well drawn. Admittedly the dubbing is a bit distracting at first, but most if it seems very competent and you soon get used to it.
The budget is admirably lavish, the sets so appropriately seedy one would swear it was all shot in the real Soho.
Sweeping camerawork imaginatively augments a tight screenplay by Ladislas Fodor (who had an extensive career in Hollywood as well as Berlin) that packs plenty of mystery and atmospheric horror into just about every minute of its highly charged running time.
A C.C.C. Production. Copyright 1964. West German release: 14 February 1964. U.S. release through Producers Releasing Organization: March 1967. New York opening: July 1967. Original title: das Phantom von Soho. 92 minutes.
COMMENT: Despite an unenthusiastic review by the U.S. trade paper Variety, I found this to be a gripping and wholly suspenseful movie. The characters are particularly well drawn. Admittedly the dubbing is a bit distracting at first, but most if it seems very competent and you soon get used to it.
The budget is admirably lavish, the sets so appropriately seedy one would swear it was all shot in the real Soho.
Sweeping camerawork imaginatively augments a tight screenplay by Ladislas Fodor (who had an extensive career in Hollywood as well as Berlin) that packs plenty of mystery and atmospheric horror into just about every minute of its highly charged running time.