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Mark of the Tortoise is a Allemand film of genre Drama directed by Alfred Vohrer with Hildegard Knef
Mark of the Tortoise (1964)
Wartezimmer zum Jenseits
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Add to a movie listWaiting Room to the Beyond (German: Wartezimmer zum Jenseits and also known as Mark of the Tortoise) is a 1964 German thriller film directed by Alfred Vohrer and starring Hildegard Knef.
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Le riche Sir Cyrus Bradley est victime d'un chantage du syndicat du crime « La Tortue ». Alsconi, le chef, dans un fauteuil roulant, qui vit dans un manoir richement meublé à Trieste, ordonne à sa maîtresse Laura Lorelli et à son confident Crantor de s'occuper du meurtre de Bradley s'il ne paie pas. À Londres, ils engagent le lanceur de couteau Shapiro, qui tue Bradley. Alors que Crantor doit aussi éliminer Don Micklem, l'héritier de Bradley, un jeune étudiant, Laura l'avertit par téléphone, si bien que l'attaque échoue. Alsconi lui dit qu'il serait stupide d'éliminer Don, qu'il est l'héritier après tout. Alsconi voudrait plutôt essayer d'obtenir de lui ce que Bradley lui a refusé. Peu de temps après, Don n'est pas entièrement entre les mains d'Alsconi. Le patron dit au jeune homme que Laura lui a sauvé la vie pour la deuxième fois. Alsconi vient rapidement au point qu'il ne libérera Don que contre une rançon de 500 000 DM. Le jeune étudiant, cependant, lui fait clairement comprendre qu'il serait probablement tué de toute façon, alors plutôt sans rançon.Actors
Hildegard Knef
(Lorelli)
Götz George
(Donald "Don" Micklem)
Richard Münch
(Mario Orlandi di Alsconi)
Heinz Reincke
(Inspektor Dickes)
Carl Lange
(Crantor)
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