The Ringer (1932 film)

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The Ringer (German: Der Hexer) is a 1932 Austrian-German mystery film directed by Martin Frič and Karel Lamač and starring Paul Richter, Maria Matray and Wera Engels.^[1] It is a screen adaptation of Edgar Wallace's 1925 novel The Ringer.^[2] Another German version, Der Hexer, was made in 1964. It was shot at the Sievering Studios in Vienna. The film's sets were designed by the art director Heinz Fenchel.

The Ringer
DVD cover
Directed by	Martin Frič Karel Lamač
Written by	Edgar Wallace (novel) Knut Borries Gigotte Walter
Produced by	Karel Lamač
Starring	Paul Richter Maria Matray Wera Engels
Cinematography	Otto Heller
Edited by	Ella Ensink
Music by	Jara Beneš Artur Guttmann
Production company	Ondra-Lamac-Film
Distributed by	Süd-Film
Release date	22 July 1932 (1932-07-22)
Running time	88 minutes
Countries	Austria Germany
Language	German

Synopsis

A master of disguise, the notorious "Ringer", has returned to London and is sending threatening messages to the criminal Maurice Meister. Inspector Wenbury of Scotland Yard endeavours to capture the elusive Ringer before he is able to murder Meister.

Cast

• Paul Richter as Inspektor Wenbury
• Maria Matray as Mary Lenley
• Carl Walther Meyer as John Lenley
• Wera Engels as Cora Ann Milton
• Fritz Rasp as Maurice Meister
• Paul Henckels as Hauptinspektor Bliss
• Leopold Kramer as Polizeiarzt Dr. Lomond
• Karl Etlinger as Sam Hackitt
• Karl Forest as Oberst Walford
• Franz Schafheitlin as Wachtmeister Carter

Production

It is Lamač's second adaptation from a novel by Wallace, after The Squeaker, the year before,^[3] both being the first sound film adaptations of Wallace books in German cinema.^[4]

See also

• The Ringer (1928)
• The Ringer (1931)
• The Gaunt Stranger (1938)
• The Ringer (1952)
• Der Hexer (1964)