The Red Hand (German: Die rote Hand) is a 1960 West German crime thriller film directed by Kurt Meisel and starring Paul Hubschmid, Hannes Messemer and Eleonora Rossi Drago.[1]

The Red Hand
Directed byKurt Meisel
Written byErnst Neubach
Produced byErnst Neubach
StarringPaul Hubschmid
Hannes Messemer
Eleonora Rossi Drago
CinematographyGeorg Bruckbauer
Edited byIngrid Wacker
Music byHarald Böhmelt
Production
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Ernst Neubach-Film
Distributed byConstantin Film
Release date
  • 26 October 1960 (1960-10-26)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Emil Hasler and Walter Kutz.

The film is inspired by the La Main Rouge affair in Western Germany.

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References

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  1. ^ Bock & Bergfelder p.219

Bibliography

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  • Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
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