A whip-wielding monk killer in a German castle—Edgar Wallace's pulp fever dream finally unleashed.
A hooded serial killer finds a novel way to murder his victims--he lashes them to death with a whip. The police try to track him down before any more murders occur.
Cinematography
Expressionist shadows that eat the castle whole
Costume
That hooded monk robe—simple, iconic, deeply silly
Score
Peter Thomas jazz blaring over corpses
Director
Harald Reinl
Karin Dor
Gwendolin
Harald Leipnitz
Inspector Bratt
Siegfried Lowitz
Sir Richard
Siegfried Schürenberg
Sir John
Ilse Steppat
Lady Patricia
Dieter Eppler
Sir William
Hartmut Reck
Ronny
Kurt Waitzmann
Cunning
Rudolf Schündler
Alfons Short
Kurd Pieritz
Monsieur d'Arol
Uta Levka
Lola
Dunja Rajter
Dolores
Susanne Juhnke
Mai Ling
Uschi Glas
Mary
Eddi Arent
Smith
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Germany's 'krimi' craze—dozens of lurid Wallace adaptations dominated 1960s European cinema, influencing giallo directors like Argento.
Karin Dor was Bond-adjacent (You Only Live Twice) and her presence here was studio cross-promotion—she's also in five other Wallace films.
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