The Red Hand

The Red Hand
Directed by	Kurt Meisel
Written by	Ernst Neubach
Produced by	Ernst Neubach
Starring	Paul Hubschmid Hannes Messemer Eleonora Rossi Drago
Cinematography	Georg Bruckbauer
Edited by	Ingrid Wacker
Music by	Harald Böhmelt
Production company	Ernst Neubach-Film
Distributed by	Constantin Film
Release date	26 October 1960 (1960-10-26)
Running time	98 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

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.

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.

Cast

• Paul Hubschmid as Johnny Zamaris
• Hannes Messemer as Mahora Khan
• Eleonora Rossi Drago as Violetta Scotoni
• Susanne von Almassy as Maria Gomez
• Rainer Brandt as Carnetti
• Fritz Rémond Jr. as Theaterdirektor Jif
• Willi Rose as Inspektor Auer
• Kurt Waitzmann as Inspektor Wolff
• Klaus Becker as Rolando
• Toni Herbert as Attermann
• Erich Fiedler as Attaché Bertrand
• Harald Maresch as Grieche
• Edith Schollwer as Frau Hasselbütt
• Almut Berg as Rosl
• Edgar O. Faiss as Popoff
• Eva Schreiber as Anni

Bibliography

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

External links

• The Red Hand at IMDb