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Dead Eyes of London

1961 · 98 min

A chilly black-and-white murder mystery that creeps along foggy streets with a quiet, unsettling menace.

Directed by: Alfred Vohrer
Genres: Crime, Thriller, Drama
Starring: Joachim Fuchsberger, Karin Baal, Eddi Arent

Tagline: A city of fear becomes a city of death!
Overview: A disfigured killer with glazed-over white eyes is doing the dirty work so that an insurance agent-doctor can get the victims' insurance money.

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Directed by: Alfred Vohrer
Genres: Crime, Thriller, Drama
Starring: Joachim Fuchsberger, Karin Baal, Eddi Arent

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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: crime
greed
deception
isolation
death
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: procedural
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language none
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	3
Horror	5
Humour	2
Realism	6
Romance	1
Tension	6
Darkness	7
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	4

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Genres: crime, thriller, drama
Directed by: Alfred Vohrer
Written by: Egon Eis, Wolfgang Lukschy
Starring: Joachim Fuchsberger, Karin Baal, Eddi Arent, Wolfgang Lukschy, Dieter Borsche, Ady Berber, Harry Wüstenhagen, Klaus Kinski
Cinematography: Karl Löb
Runtime: 98 min
Country: Germany
Languages: German

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