---
title: 'Secret of the Chinese Carnation (1964)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Rudolf Zehetgruber'
released: '1964-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 90
genres:
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'France'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/secret-of-the-chinese-carnation-1964'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058132/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Secret of the Chinese Carnation (1964)

1964 · 90 min · Thriller · Germany, France, Italy

Original title: Das Geheimnis der chinesischen Nelke

## Synopsis

The Secret of the Chinese Carnation is a 1964 German-Italian krimi eurospy film directed by Rudolf Zehetgruber and starring Paul Dahlke, Olga Schoberová, Klaus Kinski and Dietmar Schönherr. It is based on a novel by Louis Weinert-Wilton, one of four film adaptations of his work released in the wake of the commercial success of Rialto Film's Edgar Wallace series.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Rudolf Zehetgruber](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudolf-zehetgruber)
- **Screenplay:** [Rudolf Zehetgruber](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudolf-zehetgruber)
- **Producer:** [Wolf C. Hartwig](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolf-c-hartwig)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jan Stallich](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-stallich)
- **Editor:** [Herbert Taschner](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-taschner)

## Cast

- [Paul Dahlke](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-dahlke)
- [Rudolf Zehetgruber](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudolf-zehetgruber)
- [Karel Effa](https://cinepixo.com/people/karel-effa)
- [Olga Schoberová](https://cinepixo.com/people/olga-schoberova)
- [Horst Frank](https://cinepixo.com/people/horst-frank)
- [Vladimír Hrubý](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-hruby)
- [Siegfried Grönig](https://cinepixo.com/people/siegfried-gronig)
- [Corrado Annicelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/corrado-annicelli)
- [Miloš Vavruška](https://cinepixo.com/people/milos-vavruska)
- [Brad Harris](https://cinepixo.com/people/brad-harris)
- [Dietmar Schönherr](https://cinepixo.com/people/dietmar-schonherr)
- [Klaus Kinski](https://cinepixo.com/people/klaus-kinski)
- [Jacques Bézard](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-bezard)
- [Lubomír Kostelka](https://cinepixo.com/people/lubomir-kostelka)
- [Dominique Boschero](https://cinepixo.com/people/dominique-boschero)

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