Man Who Finally Died, The
Date: 1963
Director: Quentin Lawrence
Production Company: White Cross Productions
Stars: Stanley Baker, Peter Cushing, Mai Zetterling, Eric Portman, Nigel Green, Georgina Ward, Niall MacGinnis
Location(s): Bavaria (West Germany), Berkshire, London
Region(s): Germany, London M-N, South East M-Q
Storyline:
A man who believes that his father died during World War II receives a telephone call from someone claiming to be his father.
Additional Information:
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Sean Longden brought this film to our attention in April 2015 and has featured the production on his website here.
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The story is set in the fictional Bavarian town of Königsbaden. Steve Randall advises that Miesbach in Bavaria is the main German location for this film. This is a view of the bowl fountain in the town square featuring a figure of St. Michael by Bernhard Bleeker.
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Tilting down reveals that the statue is of the Archangel St. Michael subduing the Devil. The town square in Miesbach identified by Steve Randall.
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Drawn by a pair of black horses, a hearse carries the coffin of Kurt Josef Deutsch through the square. Steve Randall locates this as the Stadtplatz in Miesbach with the corner of Rosenheimer Straße and Schlierseer Straße in the right background.
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The cortège makes it’s way through Königsbaden. The town square in Miesbach in Bavaria identified by Steve Randall.
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Villagers remove their hats as the hearse passes. Steve Randall discovered that Alois Muller's haberdashery stood at Heimbucherwinkl 3, Miesbach.
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Watched by Herr Brenner, the small procession continues. Facing eastward on Manhardtwinkl in Miesbach, located by Steve Randall.
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The cortège moves on in silence. Steve's research uncovered that Bonner's stationery and lottery store was at Marktplatz 10.
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The coffin leaves the town and is escorted to Kurt Deutsch’s birthplace of Stuttgart for burial. The fountain in the Market Square, Miesbach in Bavaria located by Steve Randall.
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After he receives a mysterious phone call in England, a bus brings Joe Newman to Bavaria. Steve Randall traces the journey as the bus travels northwards along the east side of the lake at Schliersee in Bavaria.
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Formerly known as Joachim Deutsch, German-born Joe Newman (Stanley Baker) lights a cigarette as the bus heads to Königsbaden. Steve Randall tells us that the church of St. Martin, on Perfallstraße in Schliersee can be seen through the vehicle's windows.
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The journey continues through small villages. In the right distance stands the church of St. Martin in Schliersee, Bavaria.
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Just a week after the funeral of Kurt Deutsch the bus arrives in the town square. The town square in Miesbach, Bavaria located by Steve Randall.
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The camera follows the Mercedes Benz O321 bus as it comes to a halt. Identified as the town square in Miesbach by Steve Randall.
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Outside the Hotel Königsbaden, Inspector Hofmeister (Eric Portman) and Sergeant Hirsch (Nigel Green) watch Joe alight from the bus. Outside Stadtplatz 13 in Miesbach located by Steve Randall.
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The jazz pianist walks towards the hotel entrance. Facing the town square in Miesbach, found by Steve Randall.
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The two policemen sit in silence as Joe makes his way to the reception desk. Looking towards the corner of Rosenheimer Straße and Schlierseer Straße in Miesbach identified by Steve Randall.
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After learning of Kurt Deutsch’s death, Joe surveys the town square from the balcony of his room. Steve Randall advises that the balcony overlooks the town square in Miesbach, Bavaria.
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Joe walks along the driveway of Kastelwal, the house where Oakley Court on Windsor Road stood, Water Oakley in Berkshire.
Pity about the greenhouses. SJ
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Heinrich (Alfred Burke) tells Joe that Mrs. Deutsch isn’t receiving visitors.
One can just make out the match of dormer. SJ
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Telling Heinrich that Kurt was his father, Joe heads to the house. Oakley Court was also seen in ‘What the Butler Saw’, 'Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny and Girly', ‘And Now The Screaming Starts’, 'The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978)', ‘The House in Nightmare Park’ and ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’.
Perhaps I'm a little too close: possibly a sun issue! SJ
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Inside the house, Mrs. Lisa Deutsch tells Joe about his father’s life before his death. Oakley Court on Windsor Road, Water Oakley in Berkshire.
Today. SJ
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Watched by Herr Brenner (Niall MacGinnis), the Cemetery Superintendent (Brian Wilde) takes Joe to his father’s grave. Highgate Cemetery, Swain’s Lane, London N6.
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The two look down at the newly dug earth in the Stuttgart cemetery as the Superintendent remarks that there was only one mourner. Highgate Cemetery occupies two sites on both sides of Swain’s Lane.
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Becoming suspicious, Joe visits the refugee camp run by Doctor Peter von Brecht.
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Discovering a new grave at the camp, Joe searches for Maria Wienewski.
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Dr. Peter von Brecht (Peter Cushing) hears a heated argument in Wienewski’s quarters.
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A police car arrives as Joe walks from the hut after questioning Maria Wienewski about her father’s death.
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Inspector Hofmeister orders Wienewski to be exhumed.
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While waiting with Maria for Brenner to arrive, Joe appears in the doorway of Old Lindbar's boat house.
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Joe goes down to the lake to fetch water.
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After seeing an old man at Kastelwal, Joe speeds to the railway station when he learns that the man has been captured by Brenner.
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Looking towards the platform, Joe sees the train for Nuremberg pulling away.
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Joe climbs the fence and boards the train to discover that the Old Man is being taken to the Eastern Bloc by Brenner.
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The films closing scenes take place at the Stuttgart cemetery where Kurt Deutsch’s coffin is opened allowing Joe Newman to identify his father.
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Maria Wienewski (Georgina Ward) waits for Joe to return from the grave. Highgate Cemetery, Swain’s Lane N6.
Robert Clack captured this shot of the steps leading down to the east side of the Circle of Lebanon.
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The two walk away together. The entrance to the Egyptian Avenue in the West Cemetery at Highgate Cemetery on Swain’s Lane, London N6. Various views of the cemetery can also be seen in 'From Beyond the Grave', 'Clegg', 'The Abominable Dr. Phibes', 'Taste the Blood of Dracula', 'Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell', 'Tales from the Crypt' and 'The Body Beneath'.
The entrance now by Robert Clack.