An expensively produced "A" movie in Germany's Edgar Wallace and/or Bryan Edgar Wallace series, this one falls into the Bryan group. Director Harald Reinl makes excellent use of his atmospheric sets and locations. He is only let down by an overly complicated and totally unconvincing script. Fortunately, most of these inadequate plot turns, as well as the over-the-top characterizations by people like Rudolf Fernau and Dieter Eppler, Reinl manages to disguise by brisk pacing and clever use of the lavish production values provided – as noted above – by location lensing and stunningly sinister sets. However, the beautiful Karin Dor makes surprisingly little impact as the heroine and it's left to ninth-billed Ingmar Zeisberg to clinch the film's top acting honors.
