---
title: 'The Black Abbot (1963)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Franz Josef Gottlieb'
released: '1963-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 89
genres:
  - 'Horror'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Mystery'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-black-abbot-1963'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057476/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Black Abbot (1963)

1963 · 89 min · Horror, Crime, Mystery · Germany, France

Original title: Der schwarze Abt

## Synopsis

The Black Abbot is a 1963 West German mystery film directed by Franz Josef Gottlieb and starring Joachim Fuchsberger. Adapted from the 1926 novel of the same name, it was part of a very successful series of German films based on the writings of Edgar Wallace.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Franz Josef Gottlieb](https://cinepixo.com/people/franz-josef-gottlieb)
- **Screenplay:** [Johannes Kai](https://cinepixo.com/people/johannes-kai)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Martin Böttcher](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-bottcher)
- **Producer:** [Horst Wendlandt](https://cinepixo.com/people/horst-wendlandt), [Preben Philipsen](https://cinepixo.com/people/preben-philipsen)
- **Director of Photography:** [Richard Angst](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-angst)
- **Editor:** [Hermann Haller](https://cinepixo.com/people/hermann-haller)

## Cast

- [Alice Treff](https://cinepixo.com/people/alice-treff)
- [Grit Boettcher](https://cinepixo.com/people/grit-boettcher)
- [Dieter Borsche](https://cinepixo.com/people/dieter-borsche)
- [Kurd Rudolf Pieritz](https://cinepixo.com/people/kurd-rudolf-pieritz)
- [Charles Régnier](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-regnier)
- [Eva Ingeborg Scholz](https://cinepixo.com/people/eva-ingeborg-scholz)
- [Friedrich Schoenfelder](https://cinepixo.com/people/friedrich-schoenfelder)
- [Harry Wüstenhagen](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-wustenhagen)
- [Klaus Kinski](https://cinepixo.com/people/klaus-kinski)
- [Eddi Arent](https://cinepixo.com/people/eddi-arent)
- [Joachim Fuchsberger](https://cinepixo.com/people/joachim-fuchsberger)
- [Werner Peters](https://cinepixo.com/people/werner-peters)

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