Action star Harry Piel exercised his usual prerogative in Schatten der Unterwelt (Shadows of the Underworld), performing double duty as director. Piel plays a likeable crook who operates a Runyonesque criminal gang right under the nose of criminal commissioner, Hans Junkermann. Ultimately, our hero is redeemed by the love of a good woman, played by Piel's real-life wife Dary Holme. The film's random musical highlights occur in a dingy Berlin nightclub, that seems to have emerged full-grown from the pen of caricaturist Georg Groscz. Like all of Harry Piel's films, Schatten der Unterwelt proved to be a cash cow at the box office.

DVD-R IS IN GERMAN WITH NO SUBTITLES.

QUALITY (of feature film only): 

·        Sharpness of picture?  - unsharp picture with horizontal bands and interference  (see sample)

·        Other notable issues?  - unusual ending gives the impression, that the film is incomplete

LENGTH OF FEATURE FILM:  76 mins