The Phantom of Soho

The Phantom of Soho (German: Das Phantom von Soho) is a 1964 West German crime film directed by Franz Josef Gottlieb and starring Dieter Borsche, Barbara Rütting and Hans Söhnker. It was shot at the Spandau Studios and on location in West Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Jürgen Kiebach and Ernst Schomer. It is based on a novel by Bryan Edgar Wallace and was part of a large group of British-set thrillers made in West Germany at the time, many of them adapted from the works of Wallace's father Edgar Wallace. It is the fifth of ten "Bryan Edgar Wallace" films produced by Artur Brauner, who sought to capitalize on the success of the Edgar Wallace film series. The black-and-white film, shot in Ultrascope, premiered in West German cinemas on 14 February 1964.