Der unsichtbare Schatten (1960)
21KDer unsichtbare Schatten: Directed by Val Guest. With Claude Dauphin, Diane Cilento, Ronald Lewis, Françoise Rosay. After surviving a traumatic car accident, a race car driver travels to the Cote D’Azur to recover but is plagued by an urge to strangle his wife.
“This is a surprisingly good film and effective thriller but someone should have advised writer/director Val Guest that it really was a little too long. Very simple to put right too, because it is clear there is just a little too much of the u0026#39;going crazyu0026#39; scenes in the first half and maybe a little bit too drawn out and twisty an ending. Otherwise its great, I wasnu0026#39;t particularly one over by Ronald Lewis if effectively menacing at times, but Claude Dauphin is great and Diane Cilento marvellous in one of her finest roles. I enjoyed the premise and particularly the psychiatric scenes, bit surprised by the appearance of the CO2 canister, but overall very involving with plenty of changes in pace and scenery. Fifteen/twenty minutes snip and this would be far more successful. Shame.”
