Le vampyre de Düsseldorf (1965)

Country of Origin: Spain / Italy / France
Copyright Year:
Running Times: 89 mins
Length:
Format: 35mm     Franscope
Colour Format: black and white
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Les Productions Georges de Beauregard / Maleno Malenotti / Mega Film / Producciones Benito Perojo / Rome Paris Films
Produced by: Georges de Beauregard, Benito Perojo
Production Manager: René Demoulin

SCRIPT
Script: Georges Tabet, André Tabet, Robert Hossein
Dialogue: Georges Tabet, André Tabet
Story: Robert Hossein, Claude Desailly

DIRECTION
Directed by: Robert Hossein

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Alain Levent

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Marie-Sophie Dubus

MUSIC
Music by: André Hossein

SOUND
Sound Engineer: Guy Chichignoud

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designers: François de Lamothe, Pierre Guffroy

LOCATIONS
Locations: Madrid, Spain

CAST
Robert Hossein (Peter Kuerten)
Marie-France Pisier (Anna)
Roger Dutoit (Commissaire Momberg)
Annie Anderson (Paula)
Michel Dacquin (Beck)
Anne Carrère
Norma Dugo (girl)
Jessica
Paul Pavel (Lehndorf)
Robert Le Béal (Schroeder)
Colette Régis (cabaret patron)
Jean-Michel Rouzière
Badin (real name: André Badin) (dancer)
Tony Soler (Mme Loebel)
Tanya Lopert (girl)
Atal (real name: Henri Attal) (workman)
Danick Patisson (Erna)
André Rouyer

PLOT SUMMARY

Labourer Peter fancies himself as a bit of a ladies man and spends his nights cruising the seedy dives of Dusseldorf looking for women, but if her gets rejected, he transforms into a brutal killer.

AVAILABILITY

Spain
Theatrical Distributors: Interinsular Interpeninsular

USA
Video Distributors: Something Weird Video

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Spain
Rating: 18

TIMELINE

1965
April
7: France - theatrical release
30: West Germany - theatrical release

August
14: Italy - theatrical release

1966
October
17: Spain - theatrical release

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

El asesino de Düsseldorf - Spanish title
La belva di Dusseldorf - Italian title
Der Mann, der Peter Kürten hieß - West German title
The Secret Killer - US title
The Vampire of Dusseldorf - English language title

LINKS

SEE ALSO
Die Zärtlichkeit der Wölfe (1973)

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

Cinema no.96 p.118 (Switzerland)
review

Cinema no.97 p.21 (Switzerland)
review

Cinématographie Française p.5 (France)
credits

Cinématographie Française no.2109 (10 April 1965) p.20 (France)
review

Film Francais no.1090 (16 April 1965) p.22 (France)
review

Film Score Monthly vol.9 no.7 (August 2004) p.35-36 (USA)
illustrated soundtrack review

Filmkritik no.6 (1965) p.333 (Germany)
review

Music from the Movies no.44 (2005) p.52-53 (UK)
soundtrack review

Unifrance Film - La Production Cinématographique Française no.46 p.22 (France)
review

Variety (24 March 1965) (USA)
credits, synopsis, review

KEYWORDS

serial killers, true crime

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008