Der rote Kreis (1929 film)
| The Crimson Circle | |
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| Directed by | Frederic Zelnik |
| Written by |
Fanny Carlsen Howard Caye |
| Based on | novel The Crimson Circle by Edgar Wallace |
| Starring |
Lya Mara Fred Louis Lerch Stewart Rome |
| Music by | Edmund Meisel |
| Cinematography |
Frederik Fuglsang Leslie Rowson |
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| Distributed by | Deutsche Film Union (Germany) |
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Release date
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25 March 1929 (Berlin) |
| Country | Britain/Germany |
| Language | Silent, and De Forest Phonofilm |
The Crimson Circle (German: Der rote Kreis) is a 1929 British-German crime film directed by Frederic Zelnik and starring Lya Mara, Fred Louis Lerch, and Stewart Rome.
The film, a co-production between British International Pictures and Efzet Film, was made in both a silent version and a sound version filmed in the Phonofilm sound-on-film system. In March 1929, this film and The Clue of the New Pin, filmed in the British Phototone sound-on-disc process, were previewed in London.
The film is an adaptation of the Edgar Wallace novel The Crimson Circle in which Scotland Yard detectives battle a gang of blackmailers. A previous UK version was filmed in 1922.
Police battle against a gang of blackmailers known as The Crimson Circle.
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