The Haunted Castle (1960 film)

1960 film

Günter Neumann
Heinz Pauck^[1]

Produced byGeorg Witt^[1]Starring

Liselotte Pulver
Heinz Baumann
Georg Thomalla

CinematographyGünther Anders^[1]Edited byHilwa von Boro^[1]Music byFriedrich Hollaender

Production
company

Georg Witt-Film GmbH^[1]

Distributed byConstantin Film

Release date

15 December 1960 (1960-12-15)

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Running time

101 minutes^[1]CountryWest Germany^[1]LanguageGerman

The Haunted Castle (German: Das Spukschloß im Spessart) is a 1960 West German comedy horror film directed by Kurt Hoffmann. It was entered into the 2nd Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Silver Prize.^[2] The film is a sequel to The Spessart Inn (1958) and was followed by Glorious Times at the Spessart Inn (1967).^[1] It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hein Heckroth and Willy Schatz.

Plot

Cast

Liselotte Pulver as Charlotte
Heinz Baumann as Martin Hartog
Georg Thomalla as Ghost uncle Max
Hubert von Meyerinck as von Teckel
Hans Clarin as Prince Kalaka
Curt Bois as Hugo, a ghost
Hans Richter as Jockel, a ghost
Hanne Wieder as Katrin, a ghost
Paul Esser as Toni, a ghost
Elsa Wagner as Aunt Yvonne
Ernst Waldow as Uncle Ernst August
Herbert Hübner as Hartog
Veronika Fitz as Sophie

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Das Spukschloß im Spessar". filmportal.de. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
^ "2nd Moscow International Film Festival (1961)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2012.