The Black Chapel
The Black Chapel (German: Geheimaktion schwarze Kapelle) is a 1959 political thriller film directed by Ralph Habib and starring Dawn Addams, Peter van Eyck and Ernst Schröder.[1] It is based on the novel Die schwarze Kapelle by Olav Herfeldt.[2] It is a co-production between West Germany, Italy (where the film is known as I sicari di Hitler) and France (where it was released with the title R.P.Z. appelle Berlin).[3]
| The Black Chapel | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Ralph Habib |
| Produced by | Artur Brauner Wolf Brauner Emanuele Cassuto Paolo Giovanardi |
| Starring | Dawn Addams Peter van Eyck Ernst Schröder |
| Music by | Roman Vlad |
| Cinematography | Georg Krause |
| Edited by | Emma Le Chanois Martha Dübber |
Production company | Alfa Film Nepi Film Lux Compagnie Cinématographique de France |
| Distributed by | Prisma Film |
Release date | 16 October 1959 |
| Country | France Italy West Germany |
| Language | German |
It was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin with location shooting in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Otto Erdmann and Beni Montresor.
Cast
- Dawn Addams as Tilla Turner
- Peter van Eyck as Robert Golder
- Ernst Schröder as Julian Hoffmann
- Werner Hinz as Generaloberst
- Franco Fabrizi as Graf Emanuele Rossi
- Werner Peters as Heinrich Himmler
- Rosy Mazzacurati as Gräfin Dodo Ventura
- Herbert Wilk as Oberst Horster
- Heinz Giese as Obergruppenführer Eichenberg
- Günter Meisner as 1. Killer
- Inken Deter as Elsa
- Rolf Möbius as Adjutant
- Marco Guglielmi as Pater Orlando
- Maurice Marsac as Britischer Botschafter
- Gino Cervi as Polizeipräfekt Ferrari
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References
- Davidson & Hake p.48
- Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876055487.
- Hans-Michael Bock, Tim Bergfelder. The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009. ISBN 1571816550.
Bibliography
- Bergfelder, Tim & Bock, Hans-Michael. The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopedia of German. Berghahn Books, 2009.
- Davidson, John & Hake, Sabine. Framing the Fifties: Cinema in a Divided Germany. Berghahn Books, 2007.
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