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The Indian Scarf (1963)
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Original name: Das indische Tuch
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: West Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When a wealthy man dies, his avaricious relatives look forward to inheriting all his money. However, he leaves a provision in his will that they all must spend a week together in his castle before they will be able to inherit anything. At the castle (which is cut off from the outside world), the relatives soon begin to be killed off one by one, each strangled with an Indian scarf.
Style:
tense, suspense, sinister, atmospheric, detective, twisted, noir, gothic, period piece, black and white ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
lawyer, serial killer, whodunit, murder, castle, killer, inheritance, isolation, greed, secrets, strangulation, investigation, betrayal, family drama, locked room, motive, country house, last will and testament, strangled to death, isolated place, twists and turns, conspiracy, storm, masked killer, dark humor ...
Time:
60s, 1960s
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out detective, suspense, tense and noir films with plots about murder, investigation, whodunit, betrayal, conspiracy, secrets and isolation mostly in Crime, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like The Indian Scarf: The Door with Seven Locks (1962), The Zombie Walks (1968), The Squeaker (1963), The Man with the Glass Eye (1969), The White Spider (1963). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: West Germany, France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
60s
Place:
europe, scotland yard
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: West Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: West Germany, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
60s
Place:
scotland yard, london
Similarity:
77%
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Country: West Germany
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, detective, tense, crime drama, atmospheric ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
60s
Place:
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Similarity:
56%
Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
2000s
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Mobsters conspire to loot another criminal's treasure secured in an enormous booby-trapped vault.
Style:
suspense, tension, thrilling, noir, twisted ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
treasure, mobster, heist, organized crime, gangster, criminal underworld, betrayal, conspiracy, scheming, treasure hunt, locked room, claustrophobia ...
Time:
60s
Place:
scotland yard
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: West Germany, France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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51%
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: West Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
gothic, suspenseful, creepy, tense, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
swamp, castle, hound dog, animal attack, murder investigation, isolation, old mansion, cat and mouse, police procedural, twists and turns, serial killer, conspiracy ...
Place:
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Similarity:
50%
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Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, thrilling, suspenseful, satirical, psychological ...
Plot:
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46%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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45%
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Country: West Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
london
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, crime thriller, dark, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
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Time:
60s
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
41%
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Country: West Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, detective, tense, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A former resident of the town of Peyton Place, now wealthy and powerful, secretly returns to the town and sets in motion a spate of killings designed as revenge for past wrongs.
Style:
suspense, detective, psychological, period piece
Plot:
murder, revenge, small town, investigation, mysterious death, secrets, whodunit, vengeance, betrayal, manipulation, scandal, female antagonist ...
Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Taiwanese crime drama.
Style:
suspense, crime thriller, tension, detective, dark ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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