The Invisible Terror (German: Der Unsichtbare) is a 1963 West German science fiction crime thriller film directed by Raphael Nussbaum and starring Hans von Borsody, Christiane Nielsen and Ellen Schwiers.Lentz p.224 Stylistically it is closer to a standard Krimi film rather than a horror in the tradition of The Invisible Man.Clark & Senn p.470 The film's sets were designed by the art director Nino Borghi. Location shooting took place around West Berlin. It premiered at the Europa-Palast in Duisburg.https://www.filmportal.de/film/der-unsichtbare_bdbc3ffa36a04db5bb819ae6db663c8f It was broadcast on television but never released cinematically in the United States.Clark & Senn p.470
Synopsis After discovering a new formula that can make a person completely invisible Doctor Max Vogel contacts his brother Walter by phone to tell him. Shortly afterwards he disappears completely. A series of crimes than follow with each seemingly performed by an "invisible man" leading everyone to suspect Max, except Walter who launches his own investigation into the mystery.
Cast Hans von Borsody as Walter Vogel Christiane Nielsen as Rita Weber Ellen Schwiers as Helen Roy Hannes Schmidhauser as Doctor Max Vogel Ivan Desny as Professor Lomm Charles Regnier as Charley Nelson Ilse Steppat as Doctor Louise Richards Herbert Stass as Janke Heinrich Gretler as Hauptkommissar Gretler Herbert Fux as Rocco Herta Freund as Emma Josef Menschik as Kramer
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Bibliography Clark, Mark & Senn, Bryan. Sixties Shockers: A Critical Filmography of Horror Cinema, 1960-1969. McFarland, 2025. Lentz, Harris M. Science Fiction, Horror & Fantasy Film and Television Credits: Filmography. McFarland, 2001.
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