No Gold for a Dead Diver
Appearance
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Directed by | Harald Reinl |
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Cinematography | Franz Xaver Lederle |
Edited by | Herbert Taschner |
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Distributed by | Constantin Film |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
Country | West Germany |
Language | German |
No Gold for a Dead Diver (German: Ein toter Taucher nimmt kein Gold) is a 1974 West German adventure film directed by Harald Reinl and starring Horst Janson, Monika Lundi and Marius Weyers.[1] A thriller about deep sea divers searching for buried treasure, it was shot on location in South Africa. The film's sets were designed by the art director Dieter Bartels.
After the success of Jaws (1975), the film was released in the US with the title Deadly Jaws.
Cast
[edit]- Horst Janson as Hans Faerber
- Hans Hass Jr. as Peter Damms
- Marius Weyers as René Chagrin
- Monika Lundi as Ellen
- Sandra Prinsloo as Pascale
- Keith Grenville as Coast Guard Captain
- Percy Sieff as Don Pedro
- Bill Flynn as Thug
- Len Sparrowhawk as Jeweler
- Gordon Van Rooyen as Hotel Manager
- Philip Boucher (uncredited)
- Christian Bruckner as Hans Faerber (voice) (uncredited)
- Gert Gunther Hoffmann as Erzahler (voice) (uncredited)
Home video
[edit]In October 2017, RetroVision Entertainment released the film on DVD, paired with Night of the Sharks.
References
[edit]- ^ Bock & Bergfelder p. 390
Bibliography
[edit]- Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.
External links
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Categories:
- 1974 films
- 1970s adventure films
- German adventure films
- West German films
- 1970s German-language films
- Films directed by Harald Reinl
- Terra Film films
- Constantin Film films
- Films about treasure hunting
- Underwater action films
- Films based on German novels
- Films shot in South Africa
- 1970s German films
- Buried treasure
- 1970s German film stubs