Der Teppich des Grauens (1962)

Country of Origin: Spain / Italy / West Germany
Year of Production: 1962
Running Times: 85 mins
Length:
Format: 35mm
Colour Format: black and white
Ratio:
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: IGF GmbH / Época Films S.A. (Madrid) / Domiziana Internazionale Cinematografica
Production Supervisor: Alfons Carcasona
Production Manager: Horst Backwinkl
Assistant Production Manager: Jürgen Hilgert
Production Leaders: Eduardo de la Fuente, Franz Thierry

SCRIPT
Script: Felix Lützkendorf, Giuseppe Mangione, Eugenio Martín

DIRECTION
Directed by: Harald Reinl
Assistant Director: Lore Meyer-Döhner

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Godofredo Pacheco
Assistant Camera: Albert Benitz
Stills: Albert Benitz

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Edith von Seydewitz
Second Editor: Rosemarie Laudin

MUSIC
Music: Francesco De Masi

SOUND
Sound: Günther Rauch
Assistant Sound: Gustl Haas

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Ramiro Gómez

MISCELLANEOUS
Production Assistant: Gerhard Schmidt

LOCATIONS
Locations: London, England, UK; Madrid, Spain

CAST
Joachim Fuchsberger (Harry Reffold)
Karin Dor (Ann Learner)
Werner Peters (Crayton)
Carl Lange (Major Gregory)
Lorenzo Robledo (Sam)
Eleonora Rossi Drago (Mabel Hughes)
Antonio Casas (Dr Shipley)
Roberto Rey (Millner)
Gabriel Llopart (Flesh)
José María Caffarel (Vane)
Marco Guglielmi
Fernando Sancho
Paola Pitagora
Julio Infiesta
Ana María Custodio

PLOT SUMMARY

Scotland Yard races against time to catch an Anglo-Indian gang who are committing a series of brutal murders.

AVAILABILITY

Spain
Theatrical Distributors: Filmayer

USA
Television Distributors: UCC
Video Distributors: Sinister Cinema; Something Weird Video

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Finland
Rating: K-16

TIMELINE

1962
July
31: West Germany – theatrical release

November
6: Italy – theatrical release
16: Finland – theatrical release
30: Spain – theatrical release

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Kauhujen matto - Finnish title
Terror en la noche - Spanish title
Il terrore di notte - Italian title
The Carpet of Horror - US title

KEYWORDS

gangs, poison gas, police

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008