Nick Knatterton's Adventure

Nick Knatterton's Adventure (German: Nick Knattertons Abenteuer - Der Raub der Gloria Nylon) is a 1959 West German comedy crime film directed by Hans Quest and starring Karl Lieffen, Susanne Cramer and Maria Sebaldt.[1] It is based on a comic strip portraying the private detective Nick Knatterton.

Nick Knatterton’s Adventure
Directed byHans Quest
Written byWerner P. Zibaso
Based onNick Knatterton by Manfred Schmidt [de]
Produced byErwin Gitt
Starring
CinematographyHeinz Hölscher
Edited byElisabeth Kleinert-Neumann
Music byWilly Mattes
Production
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Deutsche Film Hansa
Distributed byDeutsche Film Hansa
Release date
  • 15 January 1959 (1959-01-15)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

The film's sets were designed by the art director Walter Haag. Location shooting took place around Kassel in Hesse.

Synopsis

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Gloria Nylon, daughter of a famous fabric manufacturing tycoon, is kidnapped. The press demand that celebrated detective Nick Knatterton be called in on the case.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Bock & Bergfelder p.135

Bibliography

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  • Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
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