The Scarlet Letter (German: Der Scharlachrote Buchstabe) is a 1973 period drama film directed by Wim Wenders, based on Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1850 novel of the same name.

The West German-Spanish co-production stars Senta Berger as Hester Prynne, Lou Castel as Reverend Dimmesdale, and Hans Christian Blech as Chillingworth.

The look of the evening shots outdoors utilized the existing day for night techniques of exposure.

In the interior shots, the windows were covered with a variant of rice paper seen in traditional Japanese homes.

This was not a real ship but was a small model sized correctly for the shot and hung in front of the lens (called forced perspective).