I've seen all the films in colour in this series and have now gone back and started going the B&W ones. So far this is my favourite, by far. I won't go through the plot, as others have already done that, but I thought it was extremely well-written and acted out. Karl-Georg Saebisch (Inspector Parr) was the standout for me. I did briefly consider X as being the bad guy at about half way, but then I dismissed it because I thought the romance angle would preclude that character from being the culprit. I got suckered.
Reading the trivia section got me doing some reading online and I made myself thoroughly depressed. So now, let me depress you: The beautiful Renate Ewert (Thalia Drummond), apparently disconsolate at getting fewer roles, committed suicide in 1966 at the age of 33 by starving herself to death. Her body was found by her friend, actress Susanne Cramer, who'd flown over from the US and went to visit her. In 1967, Ewart's father, unable to cope with the loss, committed suicide. In 1969, her mother also committed suicide. Also in 1969, Susanne Cramer died at the age of 32, officially of Hong Kong flu, though there are conflicting rumours about the real cause of death. In addition, Thomas Alder (Jack Beardmore, with whom Thalia gets together in the end) committed suicide in 1968, at the age of 36.
What is there to say after all that?
Reading the trivia section got me doing some reading online and I made myself thoroughly depressed. So now, let me depress you: The beautiful Renate Ewert (Thalia Drummond), apparently disconsolate at getting fewer roles, committed suicide in 1966 at the age of 33 by starving herself to death. Her body was found by her friend, actress Susanne Cramer, who'd flown over from the US and went to visit her. In 1967, Ewart's father, unable to cope with the loss, committed suicide. In 1969, her mother also committed suicide. Also in 1969, Susanne Cramer died at the age of 32, officially of Hong Kong flu, though there are conflicting rumours about the real cause of death. In addition, Thomas Alder (Jack Beardmore, with whom Thalia gets together in the end) committed suicide in 1968, at the age of 36.
What is there to say after all that?