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Der Hexer
Der Hexer
Directed by	Alfred Vohrer
Written by	Herbert Reinecker; Harald G. Petersson; based on a novel by Edgar Wallace;
Produced by	Horst Wendlandt
Starring	Joachim Fuchsberger; Heinz Drache;
Cinematography	Karl Löb
Edited by	Jutta Hering
Music by	Peter Thomas
Production; company	Rialto Film
Distributed by	Constantin Film
Release date	21 August 1964;
Running time	85 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

Der Hexer (aka The Ringer, The Wizard or The Mysterious Magician) is a 1964 West German black-and-white mystery film directed by Alfred Vohrer and starring Joachim Fuchsberger. It was part of a very successful series of German films based on the writings of Edgar Wallace and adapted from the 1925 novel titled The Ringer (originally: The Gaunt Stranger). In 1965, a sequel Neues vom Hexer (Again the Ringer) was released.

Cast

Joachim Fuchsberger as Inspector Higgins
Heinz Drache as James Wesby
Margot Trooger as Cora Ann Milton
René Deltgen as Arthur Milton
Eddi Arent as Finch
Siegfried Lowitz as Warren
Siegfried Schürenberg as Sir John Archibald
Sophie Hardy as Elise
Jochen Brockmann [de] as Maurice Messer
Kurt Waitzmann as Reddingwood
Karl Lange as Reverend Hopkins
Karl John as Shelby
Ann Savo as Jean
Hilde Sessak as wardress
Petra von der Linde [de] as Gwenda Milton
Tilo von Berlepsch as receptionist
Inge Keck as flower girl
Wilhelm Vorwerg as parson
Josef Wolff as waiter

Production

The film was adapted from the 1925 novel by Edgar Wallace titled The Ringer (originally: The Gaunt Stranger).^[1] An earlier German version had been made in the Weimar Republic in 1932, also called Der Hexer.

Shooting took place from 3 June to 10 July 1964 on location in Hamburg and at the Spandau Studios in Berlin.^[1]

Release

The FSK gave the film a rating of 16 and up and found it not appropriate for screenings on public holidays.^[1]

It premiered on 21 August 1964 at the Alhambra in Düsseldorf.^[1]

Parody

The title of the 2004 German comedy film Der Wixxer is a parody of and wordplay on Der Hexer. It parodies German media in general (akin to the Scary Movie series), but puts particular emphasis on parodying the German Edgar Wallace productions of the 1960s and 1970s. Whereas "Der Hexer" translates to witcher or warlock in English, "Der Wixxer" is an intentional misspelling of "der Wichser", a vulgar derogatory term meaning "the wanker".