Double Face

Double Face (, / translation: The Face in the Dark) is a 1969 thriller film directed by Riccardo Freda and starring Klaus Kinski, Christiane Krüger and Annabella Incontrera. It is part of the series of Edgar Wallace adaptations made by Rialto Film. Plot A businessman named John Alexander learns that his wealthy wife Helen has died in a car accident. After mourning, he runs afoul of some shady characters who lead him to believe that his wife is still alive. Cast Cast information from the book Riccardo Freda: The Life and Works of a Born Filmmaker. Klaus Kinski as John Alexander Christiane Krüger as Christine Günther Stoll as Inspector Stevens Annabella Incontrera as Liz Sydney Chaplin as Mr. Brown Barbara Nelli as Alice Margaret Lee as Helen Alexander Carlo Marcolino as Butler Luciano Spadoni as Inspector Gordon Ignazio Dolce The following cast went uncredited. Bedy Moratti Fulvio Pellegrino as a Policeman Domenico Ravenna as Man at a horse race Production During the later part of director Riccardo Freda's career, the director began attempting commercially viable genres. Freda met with Italian producer Oreste Coltellacci who set up a deal with the German company Rialto who created several work in the German subgenre called the krimi. The krimis were inspired by the works of Edgar Wallace and had been popular since Harald Reinl's film Der Frosch mit der Maske (1959) In Germany, the film was promoted as being based on Das Gesicht im Dunkeln by Edgar Wallace. This was done for commercial reasons as the script had nothing to do with the book. The original story for the film was developed by Lucio Fulci, Romano Migliorini and Gianbattista Mussetto. The film's screenplay is credited to Freda and Austrian-born Paul Hengge. According to Giusti, Fulci wrote the first treatment. Fulci would claim in an interview in 1994 that he wrote the film for Freda. He disliked the film, stating that Freda had "completely crushed it down to a pulp; at that time, he just didn't care anymore."