The Great Unknown (1927 film)
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| Directed by | Manfred Noa |
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| Cinematography | Franz Planer |
| Music by | Hans May |
Production company | Noa-Film |
| Distributed by | Bavaria Film |
Release date | 17 November 1927 |
| Country | Germany |
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The Great Unknown (German:Der große Unbekannte) is a 1927 German silent crime film directed by Manfred Noa and starring Jack Trevor, Arthur Kraußneck and Andrée Lafayette. It is based on a novel by Edgar Wallace.[1]
The film's sets were designed by the art director Karl Machus. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich.
Cast[edit]
- Jack Trevor as Major Paul Roy Amery
- Arthur Kraußneck as Maurice Tarn
- Andrée Lafayette as Else Marlowe, Tarns Mündel
- Eugen Neufeld as Inspektor Wille von Scotland Yard
- Ernst Reicher as Polizeikommissar Bickerson
- Evi Eva as Jessie Damm
- Nien Soen Ling as Feng Ho
- John Loder as Dr. Ralf Hallam
- Kurt Gerron as Bankier Tupperwill
- Sig Arno as Mauropolus
- Hugo Werner-Kahle as Mr. Damm, Jessies Vater
- Ruth Weyher
References[edit]
- ^ Bergfelder p.144
Bibliography[edit]
- Bergfelder, Tim. International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-Productions in the 1960s. Berghahn Books, 2005.
External links[edit]
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Categories:
- 1927 films
- Films of the Weimar Republic
- Films directed by Manfred Noa
- German silent feature films
- Films based on British novels
- Films based on works by Edgar Wallace
- Films set in England
- 1927 crime films
- German black-and-white films
- Bavaria Film films
- Films shot at Bavaria Studios
- Films set in London
- German crime films
- 1920s German films
- 1920s German-language films
- Films scored by Hans May
- Crime film stubs
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- 1920s German film stubs