Movies by Horst Tappert

The Corpse Packs His Bags

The Corpse Packs His Bags

A London slasher pack the suitcases of his victims before stabbing them to death in this adaptation of Edgar Wallace's 'Secret of the Black Suitcases.'

Kulenkampffs Schuhe

Kulenkampffs Schuhe

Essay film about German family life in the postwar decades, refracted through TV quiz shows and their hosts' biographies.

Hoopers letzte Jagd

Hoopers letzte Jagd

After Chief Superintendent James Hooper was able to arrest the legendary Gentlemen mail robbery gang, he is only missing the head of the gang. But the extremely shrewd Michael Richy Richardson plays a cat-and-mouse game with the man from Scotland Yard, who has been chasing the gentleman gangster across the globe for years now. Richy changes identities like he changes suits, slipping Hooper through the net again and again. He is slowly running out of time, as his retirement is imminent. In well-deserved retirement, Hooper's final hunt begins ...

And Jimmy Went to the Rainbow's Foot

And Jimmy Went to the Rainbow's Foot

The son of an Argentine chemist travels to Vienna, to solve the murder of his father. Step by step, he realizes that his father was internationally entangled in secret service machinations and chemical weapon sales, and ends up in mortal danger himself. Meanwhile, he also realizes that there is no connection between his father's murderess and those dubious activities. Her motive for killing him goes back much futher, to a court hearing during the Third Reich...

The Devil Came from Akasava

The Devil Came from Akasava

A mineral is discovered which can turn metal to gold or humans into zombies. When the mineral is stolen, secret agents are sent in to get the mineral back!

Die Gentlemen baten zur Kasse

Die Gentlemen baten zur Kasse

The Monster of Blackwood Castle

The Monster of Blackwood Castle

Scotland Yard must discover why people are being murdered by a monstrous dog at Blackwood Castle.

Jerry Cotton: Tip Not Included

Jerry Cotton: Tip Not Included

An elaborate bank robbery takes place and the gangsters succeed although the FBI had been warned. Jerry Cotton, who is considered accountable for this major failure, loses his badge over this. Being the man he is, Cotton doesn't let the evil-doers forget that he has unfinished business with them.

Gabriel

Gabriel

The archangel Gabriel is sent to earth to announce the end of the decaying human race with his trumpet. But even angels have feelings...

The Love Keys

The Love Keys

The 17-year-old student Rosy (Heidi Hansen) wants to improve her pocket money: For a pledge of at least a hundred marks, she hands over a key to older men and allegedly her address. Lots of love-goers fall in on the trick. - Fluent comedy.

Naked and Free... The New Life Style

Naked and Free... The New Life Style

Walter Bergman is a boring old travel agent. One day while away on a business trip, he starts hanging out with a group of young swingers.

Das tödliche Patent

Das tödliche Patent

Charles, a talented but poor chemist, has become a wealthy man overnight. The industry is all about his new invention. But the next day, his wife suddenly dies. Nobody suspects anything bad at first, but then Detective Inspector Morland shows up and begins an insidious game of questions and answers. Poison has been found in the contents of the dead woman's stomach.