"Die Tür mit den 7 Schlössern" or "The Door with Seven Locks" is a French / West German co-production and the outcome is another German-language installment to the prolific Edgar Wallace franchise. This one here is from 1962 (almost 55 years old) and thus from the earlier years of the series. And as such, it is also still in black-and-white. The lead actor is Heinz Drache this time and the supporting cast includes familiar names such as Aren't, Uhlen, Peters and Kinski. And story-wise, I have to give the makers a bit of a thumbs-up here. It may be the same people who made this like usual, but there are changes to the plot that you find in pretty much no other Wallace film. So it's good they got the courage to enter new territories here and try to deliver in other areas than usual, but nonetheless, the outcome is pretty uninteresting and I did not feel it was very smart or even inspired. The story was just not good enough in terms of the writing. My final verdict: Watch something else instead. Then again, I am not a great Wallace films fan at all, so maybe you will enjoy the watch more than I did.
