KRIMI! #1: The Phantom with the Crystal Plumage: CCC and Argento: The Magazine for Continental European Crime Cinema Culture Paperback – September 30, 2025

KRIMI!, the authoritative magazine about European criminal film culture, explores the following themes:1 RIALTO LONDON 40 pagesHistory, founding, ownership, legal matters 1967-1971Film Projects:a) Financing DAS ÄLTESTE GEWERBE DER WELT/THE OLDEST PROFESSION (1967)b) Project 1: DAS GEHEIMNIS DER WEISSEN NONNE/THE TRYGON FACTOR, Synopsis, production history, analysisc) Project 2: THE MAN WHO WAS SHERLOCK HOLMES remake. Synopsis and production history of the original 1937 movie. Script summary of the 1967 screenplay by Allan Scott (DON’T LOOK NOW) and an interview with Mr. Scott.d) Project 3: THE GREAT TRACKDOWN/DIE GROSSE TREIBJAGD Synopsis of the book, history of the author, Aftermath (movies) produced through the tax shelter for this movie, and production notes.e) Project 4: THE PRAYING MANTIS. Synopsis of the book, synopsis of the final movie (1981) legal connections to RIALTO LONDON.f) Final thoughts2 THE KRIMIS of HANS-CHRISTOPH BLUMENBERG 1983-1989 20 Pagesa) TAUSEND AUGEN/THOUSAND EYES (1983), Synopsis, Analysisb) DER SOMMER DES SAMURAI (1986), Synopsis Analysisc) DER MADONNA-MANN (1987), Synopsis, Analysisd) In-depth personal interview with HC Blumenberg about production history and influences, agendas on all those movies.3 THE PHANTOM WITH THE GLASS PLUMAGE 1957-1969 (or how much Wallace is Argento Part I) 60 Pagesa) THE GLASS EYE (1957) Synopsis, Analysis, Connectionsb) THE SCREAMING MIMI (1958) Synopsis, Comparison Book-Movie, Connections with CCCc) THE PHANTOM OF SOHO (1964) Synopsis, comparison, and production history with archival findings on the connection between CCC and Bryan Edgar Wallace. Treatment “Murder by Proxy” and script versions.Contains a copy of Brauner’s letter to Bryan Edgar Wallace in which he first describes his vision for the movie to the author.d) THE MAN WITH THE GLASS EYE (1968) Synopsis, production history, comparison with Phantom. “Fodor at Rialto”— a short history of how CCC’s house author worked for Wendlandt based on personal letters by L. Fodor and Artur Brauner.e) THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE (1970) production history, connections, archival findings on the production, and correspondence between CCC and SEDA.f) Comparative film analysis of BIRD and PHANTOMg) Final thoughts: Weaving the strings into a tapestry4 BRAUNER INVENTS GENRES or how the Giallo was created by Artur Brauner 15 Pagesa) The Iconography of the Masked Killer in Movie history – Movies and Imagesb) The Female serial Killer in Movie History – Movies and themesc) The Rape and Revenge theme in Movie History – Movies and developmentsd) Final thoughts: How all parts were affected by A. Brauner’s vision of a Krimi plot.5 THE SUITCASE MOVIES OF BRYAN EDGAR WALLACE 10 Pagesa) DEATH PACKS A SUITCASE, the novel, contents, and historyb) DAS GEHEIMNIS DER SCHWARZEN KOFFER, contents and historyc) DER TODESRÄCHER VON SOHO, contents and history6 DERRICK IN ITALY 10 PagesComplete history of the beginnings of Derrick’s run and success in Italy. By Giovanny Petronacci, who supervised the restoration of the Italian-language episodes.7 LADISLAS FODOR 15 PagesBased on new findings in Fodor’s archive by KRIMI!, we present the most complete biography of the scriptwriter for Mabuse, Edgar Wallace, Bryan Edgar Wallace, Karl May and Die Nibelungen.8 ANDREA BIANCHI and WHAT THE PEEPER SAW / NIGHT HAIR CHILD 7 PagesA case for why Andrea Bianchi is not the director of this movie. By guest author, actor, and voice coach Mark Thomson Ashworth, the leading expert for this movie.Plus personal reviews and document replicas for the movies in the magazine.200+ pages, full color. Available as HC and SC Read more