---
title: 'The Avenger (1960)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Karl Anton'
released: '1960-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 100
genres:
  - 'Horror'
  - 'Mystery'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-avenger-1960'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054257/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Avenger (1960)

1960 · 100 min · Horror, Mystery · Germany

Original title: Der Rächer
Part of: Films based on works by Edgar Wallace

## Synopsis

The Avenger is a 1960 West German crime film directed by Karl Anton and starring Heinz Drache, Ingrid van Bergen and Ina Duscha. It is based on the 1926 novel The Avenger by Edgar Wallace. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art director Willi Herrmann.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Karl Anton](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-anton)
- **Screenplay:** [Gustav Kampendonk](https://cinepixo.com/people/gustav-kampendonk), [Rudolph Cartier](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudolph-cartier)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Peter Sandloff](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-sandloff)
- **Producer:** [Kurt Ulrich](https://cinepixo.com/people/kurt-ulrich)
- **Director of Photography:** [Willi Sohm](https://cinepixo.com/people/willi-sohm)
- **Editor:** [Walter von Bonhorst](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-von-bonhorst)

## Cast

- [Rainer Penkert](https://cinepixo.com/people/rainer-penkert)
- [Maria Litto](https://cinepixo.com/people/maria-litto)
- [Heinz Drache](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinz-drache)
- [Friedrich Schoenfelder](https://cinepixo.com/people/friedrich-schoenfelder)
- [Ingrid van Bergen](https://cinepixo.com/people/ingrid-van-bergen)
- [Rainer Brandt](https://cinepixo.com/people/rainer-brandt)
- [Albert Bessler](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-bessler)
- [Ludwig Linkmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/ludwig-linkmann)
- [Benno Sterzenbach](https://cinepixo.com/people/benno-sterzenbach)
- [Franz-Otto Krüger](https://cinepixo.com/people/franz-otto-kruger)
- [Klaus Kinski](https://cinepixo.com/people/klaus-kinski)
- [Ina Duscha](https://cinepixo.com/people/ina-duscha)
- [Siegfried Schürenberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/siegfried-schurenberg)
- [Al Hoosman](https://cinepixo.com/people/al-hoosman)

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