---
title: 'Der Frosch mit der Maske (1959)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Harald Reinl'
released: '1959-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 90
genres:
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Mystery'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'Denmark'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/der-frosch-mit-der-maske-1959'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052829/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Der Frosch mit der Maske (1959)

1959 · 90 min · Crime, Mystery, Thriller · Germany, Denmark

Part of: Films based on works by Edgar Wallace

## Synopsis

Der Frosch mit der Maske, aka Face of the Frog, is a 1959 West German-Danish black-and-white crime film directed by Harald Reinl and starring Siegfried Lowitz and Joachim Fuchsberger. It was the first of a very successful series of films based on works by Edgar Wallace produced by Rialto Film in West Germany. This film was adapted from the 1925 novel The Fellowship of the Frog.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Harald Reinl](https://cinepixo.com/people/harald-reinl)
- **Screenplay:** [Egon Eis](https://cinepixo.com/people/egon-eis), [Julius Joachim Bartsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/julius-joachim-bartsch)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Willy Mattes](https://cinepixo.com/people/willy-mattes)
- **Producer:** [Preben Philipsen](https://cinepixo.com/people/preben-philipsen)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ernst Wilhelm Kalinke](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernst-wilhelm-kalinke)
- **Editor:** [Margot Jahn](https://cinepixo.com/people/margot-jahn)

## Cast

- [Günther Jerschke](https://cinepixo.com/people/gunther-jerschke)
- [Eddi Arent](https://cinepixo.com/people/eddi-arent)
- [Joachim Fuchsberger](https://cinepixo.com/people/joachim-fuchsberger)
- [Michel Hildesheim](https://cinepixo.com/people/michel-hildesheim)
- [Ernst Fritz Fürbringer](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernst-fritz-furbringer)
- [Benno Gellenbeck](https://cinepixo.com/people/benno-gellenbeck)
- [Erwin Strahl](https://cinepixo.com/people/erwin-strahl)
- [Ulrich Beiger](https://cinepixo.com/people/ulrich-beiger)
- [Dieter Eppler](https://cinepixo.com/people/dieter-eppler)
- [Werner Hedmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/werner-hedmann)
- [Eva Pflug](https://cinepixo.com/people/eva-pflug)
- [Fritz Rasp](https://cinepixo.com/people/fritz-rasp)
- [Reinhard Kolldehoff](https://cinepixo.com/people/reinhard-kolldehoff)
- [Elftraud von Kalckreuth](https://cinepixo.com/people/elftraud-von-kalckreuth)
- [Charlotte Scheier-Herold](https://cinepixo.com/people/charlotte-scheier-herold)

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