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Documentary examines the extraordinary success of the Edgar Wallace series in Germany: the British writer who provided the inspiration for the films was actually out of fashion worldwide in the 1950s - too old-fashioned, too dignified, too boring.
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Critics vs audiences
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Audiences 73GoodWatch 67
IMDb7.3
Running time
58 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 documentaries, −38 min on the typical 96
typical 9658Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Released
2012
November 16, 2012
14 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
German
Original language
Also spoken
ItalianMade in
Germany
and 3 moreDirecting · 1
- Oliver Schwehm Director, Writer
Camera · 1
- Andreas Bein Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Ellen Scheider Editor
Sound · 1
- Pascal Holtzer Original Music Composer
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