Puzzle of Horrors

(Das Gesicht im Dunkeln)

A Rialto Film Production
West Germany/Italien 1969 - 81 min.
Im Verleih bei Constantin
Premiered: 4. 7. 1969
FSK: ab 18, nf

Cast

John   Klaus Kinski
Christine   Christiane Krüger
Inspektor Steevens   Günther Stoll
Helen   Margaret Lee
Mr. Brown   Sydney Chaplin
etc.

Crew

Director:   Riccardo Freda
Screenplay:   Paul Hengge - Riccardo Freda
Based upon a novel by Edgar Wallace
Director of Photography:   Gabor Pogany
Music:   Joan Cristian

Plot outline

Helen, daughter of a rich car manufacturer, is killed in a traffic accident. Her husband John inherits her entire fortune. However, since Helen wanted to separate from John shortly before her death - because she had fallen in love with a woman - her husband is now under murder suspicion. John recognizes his deceased wife again in an x-rated movie - but the film was shot after her death. John stumbles deeper and deeper into a diabolical situation: the supposedly dead Helene phones him and asks for a meeting...