Siegfried Lowitz – MRQE

Der unheimliche Mönch

Sun, 31 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

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.

Der Hexer

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The sister of a famous, but as yet uncaught, criminal named The Hexer is murdered. Inspector Higgins of Scotland Yard believes that The Hexer will surface to take his revenge on his sister’s killers, and plans to set a trap to finally capture him. However, soon bodies start piling up, and it looks as if The Hexer may get away yet again.

Die unsichtbaren Krallen des Dr. Mabuse

Sun, 31 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Strange things happen in a revue theatre. The dancer Maria seems to be hunted by an invisible admirer. When the body of a probable FBI agent is found in a trunk the police asks FBI man Joe Como for help. Como gets interested in the revue theatre and an ominous transport firm soon. When he is receiving mysterious threatening letters he is sure that Dr. Mabuse has risen again. But what is going on at “Enterprise X” so that both the goverment and the mad genius in crime are interested in it?

Das schwarze Schaf

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Father Brown starts solving crimes, much to the annoyance of his housekeeper, the police and especially his bishop, who is not amused by a priest playing detective.

Der Frosch mit der Maske

Sun, 31 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Both Scotland Yard and an amateur American sleuth are tracking a master criminal known as The Frog. This moniker refers to the bulging-eyed mask worn by the evildoer, and is reflected by the frog icons painfully tatooed onto the forearms of his henchmen. The trail leads to the country manor of an enigmatic, steely-eyed nabob, whose repressed son has eyes for the artistes at the Lolita cabaret, and whose lovely daughter captures the fancy of both the American playboy and the villain himself. Murder, kidnapping and seduction ensue.

Es geschah am hellichten Tag

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The search for a child murderer drags a once-respected detective into an all-consuming obsession.

Gestehen Sie, Dr. Corda!

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A doctor goes to meet a beautiful girl at a park bench near a wooded area. When he arrives, he finds her battered body lying next to a stream! He then finds himself to be the prime suspect. Who’s the killer?

Haie und kleine Fische

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Four young German naval cadets begin their military service in 1940; only one of them will survive.

Rose Bernd

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

West Germany’s entry in the 1957 Cannes Film Festival was this cinemadaptation of the Gerhardt Hauptman play Rose Bernd. The title character, played by Maria Schell, is a servant girl on a remote farm. Sexually assaulted by both her employer and a coworker, Rose later bears a child, who die soon afterward. After nearly two hours of unrelieved misery, Rose finally finds happiness in the arms of a longtime admirer (where has he been for the past 12 reels?) Rose Bernd (aka The Sins of Rose Bernd) received a smattering of American showings thanks to the drawing power of star Maria Schell.

Herrscher ohne Krone

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000