The Secret Adversary (film)

The Secret Adversary
Directed by	Fred Sauer
Written by	Jane Bess
Based on	The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie
Starring	Carlo Aldini Hilda Bayley Eve Gray
Cinematography	A.O. Weitzenberg
Production company	Orplid-Film
Distributed by	Messtro-Film
Release date	15 February 1929
Running time	76 minutes
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent German intertitles

The Secret Adversary or Adventures Inc. (German: Die Abenteurer G.m.b.H.) is a 1929 German silent mystery film directed by Fred Sauer and starring Carlo Aldini, Hilda Bayley and Eve Gray. It is an adaptation of the British writer Agatha Christie's 1922 novel The Secret Adversary. It was shot at the Grunewald Studios in Berlin and location shooting around the city and the English port of Southampton. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Leopold Blonder and Franz Schroedter.

Cast

• Carlo Aldini as Pierre Lafitte
• Hilda Bayley as Rita van den Meer
• Eve Gray as Lucienne Fereoni
• Eberhard Leithoff as George Finné
• Elfriede Borodin as Jeanette Finné - seine Schwester
• Shayle Gardner as Julius Vardier - Staatssekretär des Innern
• Hans Mierendorff as Marglin - Chef des Geheimdienstes
• John Mylong as Boris
• Valy Arnheim as Wittington
• Mikhail Rasumny

Bibliography

• Brunsdale, Mitzi M. Icons of Mystery and Crime Detection: From Sleuths to Superheroes. ABC-CLIO, 2010.
• Gandert, Gero . Der Film der Weimarer Republik 1929: ein Handbuch der zeitgenössischen Kritik. Walter de Gruyter, 1993.
• Wlaschin, Ken. Silent Mystery and Detective Movies: A Comprehensive Filmography. McFarland, 2009.

External links

• The Secret Adversary at IMDb