Der Hexer

Der Hexer (aka The Ringer, The Wizard or The Mysterious Magician) is a 1964 West German black and white mystery film directed by Alfred Vohrer and starring Joachim Fuchsberger. It was part of a very successful series of German films based on the writings of Edgar Wallace and adapted from the 1925 novel titled The Ringer (originally: The Gaunt Stranger). In 1965, a sequel Neues vom Hexer (Again the Ringer) was released. Cast Joachim Fuchsberger as Inspector Higgins Heinz Drache as James Wesby Margot Trooger as Cora Ann Milton René Deltgen as Arthur Milton Eddi Arent as Finch Siegfried Lowitz as Warren Siegfried Schürenberg as Sir John Archibald Sophie Hardy as Elise as Maurice Messer Kurt Waitzmann as Reddingwood Karl Lange as Reverend Hopkins Karl John as Shelby Ann Savo as Jean Hilde Sessak as wardress as Gwenda Milton Tilo von Berlepsch as receptionist Inge Keck as flower girl Wilhelm Vorwerg as parson Josef Wolff as waiter Production The film was adapted from the 1925 novel by Edgar Wallace titled The Ringer (originally: The Gaunt Stranger). An earlier German version had been made in the Weimar Republic in 1932, also called Der Hexer. Shooting took place from 3 June to 10 July 1964 on location in Hamburg and at the Spandau Studios in Berlin.