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Der Springteufel (1974)

54m

Running Time

Der Springteufel (1974)

Name: Der Springteufel
Genre: Thriller
Released: 1974-03-01

54m

Running Time

Plot.

A hitchhiker, carrying a suitcase full of toys, is given a ride by a wealthy businessman in his 1965 Ford Galaxie 500 Convertible. The two first talk about the businessman's life and the hitchhiker's hobby of collecting toys. Then everything gets out of hand.

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Cast & Crew.

Dieter Hallervorden

Anhalter (Springteufel)

Arno Assmann

Autofahrer

Hanna Seiffert

Klaus Dieter Söder

Manfred Boehm

Hans Weverinck

Hans Diener

Karlhans Reuss

Teleplay / Producer

Heinz Schirk

Director

Peter Wohlers

Producer

Bettina Lewertoff

Editor

Derrick Sherwin

Teleplay

Gero Erhardt

Director of Photography

Friedhelm Boehm

Production Design

Beatrice Kothe

Costume Design

Hans Günter Müller

Production Manager

Volker Müller

Assistant Production Manager

Ilka-Maria Petersen

Assistant Director

Kurt Schubert

Sound Mixer

Rudolph von Heeringen

Sound

Axel Henschel

Assistant Camera

Media.

Details.

Release Date
March 1, 1974

Status
Released

Running Time
54m

Genres
Thriller

Last updated: 2025-02-10

Wiki.

Der Springteufel (German for "The Jack-in-the-box") is a 1974 West German TV movie starring Dieter Hallervorden and Arno Assmann, directed by Heinz Schirk. It is a remake of the British television play Yob and Nabob (1965, in the anthology series Theatre 625), written by Derrick Sherwin, an English television writer best known for his work in Doctor Who. It is a psychological thriller about a hitchhiker to Frankfurt who takes the man who gives him a lift hostage and plays mind games with him. It was released on DVD in 2006.