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The Living Dead

6.619321h 29mMovieHorror

A crazed scientist murders his wife, walls her up, then flees. A reporter sets out to track him down. Remake of Unheimliche Geschichten (Richard Oswald, 1919).

DirectorRichard Oswald
WritersRichard Oswald·Heinz Goldberg
ProducersRichard Oswald·Gabriel Pascal

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Cast · Directed by Richard Oswald

PWPaul Wegener
Paul Wegener
Mörder
HPHarald Paulsen
Harald Paulsen
Frank Briggs
EKEugen Klöpfer
Eugen Klöpfer
Chefarzt
RBRoma Bahn
Roma Bahn
Frau des Mörders
GB
Gretl Bernd
Junges Mädchen in der Irrenanstalt
BEBlandine Ebinger
Blandine Ebinger
Junge Dame im Selbstmörderklub
IF
Ilse Fürstenberg
38-Jährige in der Irrenanstalt
MKMaria Koppenhöfer
Maria Koppenhöfer
Hoheit
GBGerhard Bienert
Gerhard Bienert
Kriminalkommissar
CC
Carl Heinz Charrell
Portier in der Irrenanstalt
PHPaul Henckels
Paul Henckels
Arzt in der Unfallstation
EKErwin Kalser
Erwin Kalser
Redner in der Irrenanstalt

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