Krimi films
German crime thriller sub-genre of film, that was popular during the 1960s, and a major influence on the Italian Gialli .
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- DirectorHarald ReinlStarsJoachim FuchsbergerSiegfried LowitzElfie von KalckreuthScotland Yard and an American playboy investigate a criminal gang led by a mysterious man in a frog-like mask.Considered by many to be the real start of the sub-genre.
- DirectorHarald ReinlStarsJoachim FuchsbergerKarin DorFritz RaspA creepy German-made Wallace thriller about the ghost of a hanged man who returns to fulfill his promise. All of his accusers must die.
- DirectorKarl AntonStarsHeinz DracheIngrid van BergenBenno SterzenbachA maniac is loose in London, decapitating his victims and sending the heads to Scotland Yard.
- DirectorFranz MarischkaStarsAdrian HovenRenate EwertHans von BorsodyIn the cabaret "The Green Spider", a stranger shoot the singer. Since the murder happens during a trumpet solo nobody hears the shot.
- DirectorJürgen RolandStarsRenate EwertKlausjürgen WussowKarl-Georg SaebischA strange, red circle appears on the neck of a man saved from the guillotine. What is its mysterious meaning? Tragically, it turns out to be something of a family curse, as each generation thereafter bears the same sign, which in turn leads to blackmail and murder.
- DirectorFritz LangStarsDawn AddamsPeter van EyckGert FröbeIn 1960s Germany, criminal mastermind Dr. Mabuse uses hypnotized victims and the surveillance equipment of a Nazi-era bugged hotel to steal nuclear technology from a visiting American industrialist.
- DirectorÁkos RáthonyiStarsJoachim FuchsbergerWilliam LucasSabine SesselmannA Chinese detective breaks up a drug smuggling ring and tries to find the "Daffodil Killer". The drug smugglers had devised the ingenious method of smuggling heroin from Hong Kong in the stems of daffodils.
- DirectorJürgen RolandStarsKlausjürgen WussowKarin DorEddi ArentAn English businessman comes home to London, only to find visitors to his home being killed by arrows from "the Green Archer."
- DirectorHarald ReinlStarsKarin DorHellmut LangeSiegfried LowitzA ring of counterfeiters is flooding the country with phony money, and suspicion falls upon a wealthy playboy who may--or may not--have amnesia.
- DirectorAlfred VohrerStarsJoachim FuchsbergerKarin BaalDieter BorscheWealthy, heavily-insured men are being murdered at an alarming rate. Scotland Yard investigates and finds clues that lead to a ring of blind men, led by a mysterious "reverend."
- DirectorHarald ReinlStarsGert FröbeLex BarkerDaliah LaviEvil mastermind Dr. Mabuse is using brainwashed prison inmates to commit crimes but the German police aided by an FBI agent is on his trail.
- DirectorJosef von BákyJürgen RolandOttokar RunzeStarsJoachim FuchsbergerBrigitte GrothumMarianne HoppeA girl is almost murdered, but no explainable motive can be found until a 20 year old murder is uncovered and linked to the case.
- DirectorWerner KlinglerStarsJoachim HansenSenta BergerHans ReiserA killer who uses a knife is knocking off guests at a hotel in London's Soho district. A police detective is sent to investigate.
- DirectorAlfred VohrerStarsJoachim FuchsbergerBrigitte GrothumElisabeth FlickenschildtInspector Wade hunts down The Shark, a criminal equipped with a wetsuit and a speargun.
- DirectorEugenio MartínStarsJean SorelGötz GeorgeHeinz DracheA hypnotist is murdered in his dressing room; the only "witness" seems to be his ventriloquist puppet, and a boxer and part-time delivery boy is blamed for the murder. Soon another murder occurs. Was the killer human or was the dummy somehow involved? Also released as DUMMY OF DEATH.
- DirectorHelmuth AshleyStarsChristopher LeeAdrian HovenMarisa MellRival gangsters from Chicago move to London and attempt to extort money from rich Britons.
- DirectorWolfgang SchleifStarsKlaus KinskiBrigitte GrothumMarina PetrovaA serial killer is on the run, after escaping a mental institution. He befriends a woman and her child, but the urge to strangle women with red necklaces still haunts him.
- DirectorTerence FisherStarsChristopher LeeHans SöhnkerHans NielsenSherlock Holmes and Watson do battle with their nemesis, Professor Moriarity, over an ancient necklace attributed to Cleopatra.
- DirectorHarald ReinlStarsJoachim FuchsbergerKarin DorEleonora Rossi DragoAn evil genius uses poison gas to avenge himself on his enemies.
- DirectorAlfred VohrerStarsHeinz DracheSabine SesselmannEddi ArentA woman arrives at a lonely mansion and finds herself mixed up with a lunatic who has built his own torture chamber, which is already crowded with victims - and he plans to make her his next one.
- DirectorHarald ReinlStarsLex BarkerKarin DorSiegfried LowitzEvil mastermind Dr. Mabuse seeks Professor Erasmus' secret invention, a device that makes one invisible, but a murder in a revue theatre brings the German police and the FBI into the mix.
- DirectorWerner KlinglerStarsGert FröbeSenta BergerHelmut SchmidGerman Police Inspector Lohmann investigates a string of crimes resembling Dr. Mabuse's M.O. but Mabuse is in Professor Polland's care inside an insane asylum.
- DirectorAxel von AmbesserStarsHeinz RühmannPeter PartenGrit BoettcherFather Brown brings back a stolen painting. Later he examines the mysterious death of a castle owner.
- DirectorFranz Josef GottliebStarsJoachim FuchsbergerBrigitte GrothumPinkas BraunA Chinese cult bent on taking over the world uses an idol called The Golden Reptile that they believe can give them the power to achieve their goal.