The Secret of the Chinese Carnation

The Secret of the Chinese Carnation
Film poster
Directed by Rudolf Zehetgruber
Written by
  • Rudolf Zehetgruber
Based on The Chinese Carnation
by Louis Weinert-Wilton
Produced by Wolf C. Hartwig
Starring
Cinematography Jan Stallich
Edited by Herbert Taschner
Music by Milos Vacek
Production
companies
  • Rapid Film
  • Metheus Film
  • Les Films Jacques Leitienne
Distributed by Constantin Film
Release date
  • 9 October 1964
Running time
 95 minutes
Countries
  • France
  • Italy
  • West Germany
Language German

The Secret of the Chinese Carnation (German: Das Geheimnis der chinesischen Nelke, Italian: Il segreto del garofano cinese) is a 1964 German-Italian krimi eurospy film directed by Rudolf Zehetgruber and starring Paul Dahlke, Olga Schoberová, Klaus Kinski and Dietmar Schönherr. It is based on a novel by Louis Weinert-Wilton, one of four film adaptations of his work released in the wake of the commercial success of Rialto Film's Edgar Wallace series.

It was shot at the Barrandov Studios in Prague and on location in the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director Otto Renelt.

Cast