The Indian Scarf

1963 [GERMAN]

Crime / Drama / Mystery

4
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 90%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 90% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.6/10 10 1238 1.2K

dying and death edgar wallace

Director

Alfred Vohrer Photo
Alfred Vohrer

Top cast

Ady Berber Photo
Ady Berber as Chiko
Hans Clarin Photo
Hans Clarin as Lord Edward Lebanon
Hans Nielsen Photo
Hans Nielsen as Mr. Tilling
Klaus Kinski Photo
Klaus Kinski as Peter Ross
720p.BLU
795.56 MB
1280*544
German 2.0
NR
us  
24 fps
1 hr 26 min
Seeds 2

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Joseph_Gillis 7 / 10

DON'T Look Out Behind You!

Reviewed by Witchfinder-General-666 7 / 10

Highly Entertaining Edgar Wallace flick

"Das Indische Tuch" aka. "The Indian Scarf" of 1963 is a highly entertaining example for the German Edgar Wallace movies. Adaptations of Edgar Wallace's novels were immensely popular in Germany of the late 50s and early 60s, and these Edgar Wallace movies are sometimes considered to be the predecessors of the Italian Gialli. Even though the German murder mysteries do not nearly come up to the greatness of the Italian Thriller/Horror sub-genre (Giallo is one of my personal favorite genres), it is obvious why these comparisons are made, which "The Indian Scarf" is one of the best examples for. Released in the same year as the great Mario Bava's "La Ragazza che sapeva troppo" aka. "The Gril Who Knew Too Much", which is widely considered to be the very first Giallo ever, "The Indian Scarf" is a murder mystery that takes place in a mansion, where a bunch of relatives of a recently deceased man are to spend a week together in order to inherit his money. As the week goes on, the bodies pile up... The murders are shown from the killer's perspective, as it is the case in most Gialli. This may not be the most suspenseful thing in the world, but it is definitely a highly entertaining little murder mystery, with a nice style and interesting characters. The performances are fine, especially the immortal Klaus Kinski, who is still quite young here, is once again excellent in his role. Other very good performances include Elisabeth Flickenschildt as the imperious lady Lebanon, Eberhard Junkersdorf and Hans Nielsen. Every actor delivers, but, of course, Kinski steals the show as always. Fans of murder mysteries and cult cinema should not miss out on this moody little flick that promises a highly entertaining hour and a half!
Reviewed by morrison-dylan-fan 8 / 10

Krimi Scarf.

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