Die Gruft mit dem Rätselschloss (1964)
40KDie Gruft mit dem Rätselschloss: Directed by Franz Josef Gottlieb. With Harald Leipnitz, Judith Dornys, Rudolf Forster, Werner Peters. Mobsters conspire to loot another criminal’s treasure secured in an enormous booby-trapped vault.
“The beginning is memorable: a lady is rescued in a dramatic shoot-out, the words u0026quot;THE ENDu0026quot; appear – and when the camera zooms back, we realize this is a cinema, and one member of the audience has been murdered… Unfortunately, this first scene is already the best in the movie that goes on like this: an old gangster decides before his death to donate all his money to the daughter of a former victim. However, the treasure is locked behind a mysterious door, and every move of the girl is watched by other gangsters. The cast includes the usual suspects like Werner Peters (excellent!), Harald Leipnitz and the ubiquitous Kinski, but for the two very important roles of the heiress and the inspector, Judith Dornys and Harry Meyen were chosen who never appeared in a movie of the Wallace series before or after, and they are just not Dor and Fuchsberger. Meyen looks like a bank clerk rather than a law enforcer. But also for the story and more reasons, u0026quot;Die Gruft mit dem Rätselschloßu0026quot; by F.J.Gottlieb is not quite on the same level as the movies directed by Reinl or Vohrer for the series, simple truth.”
