Looping the Loop
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Directed by | Arthur Robison |
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Produced by | Gregor Rabinovitch |
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Cinematography | Carl Hoffmann |
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Running time | 133 minutes |
Country | Germany |
Languages | Silent Version German Intertitles Sound Version (Synchronized) English Intertitles |
Looping the Loop (German: Die Todesschleife) is a 1928 German silent thriller film directed by Arthur Robison and starring Werner Krauss, Jenny Jugo and Warwick Ward.[1] The film was produced by UFA. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin and on location in London. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Herlth and Walter Röhrig. As with UFA's Variety, Paramount Pictures handled the film's American distribution as part of the Parufamet agreement. Paramount prepared a sound version for distribution in English speaking countries. While the sound version has no audible dialog, it featured a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process.
Cast
[edit]- Werner Krauss as Botto, ein berühmter Clown
- Jenny Jugo as Blanche Valette
- Warwick Ward as Andre Melton, Artist
- Gina Manès as Hanna, Kunstschützin
- Sig Arno as Sigi, Hannas Partner
- Max Gülstorff as Blanches Verwandter
- Lydia Potechina as Blanches Verwandte
- Gyula Szőreghy as Ein Agent
- Harry Grunwald
Music
[edit]The sound version prepared by Paramount featured a theme song entitled “Poor Punchinello” by Sam Lewis and Joe Young (words) and Lew Pollack (music).
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Bock & Bergfelder p.228
Bibliography
[edit]- Bergfelder, Tim & Bock, Hans-Michael. The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopedia of German. Berghahn Books, 2009.
- St. Pierre, Paul Matthew. E.A. Dupont and his Contribution to British Film: Varieté, Moulin Rouge, Piccadilly, Atlantic, Two Worlds, Cape Forlorn. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2010.
External links
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- 1928 films
- Films of the Weimar Republic
- German silent feature films
- German thriller films
- Films directed by Arthur Robison
- Circus films
- UFA GmbH films
- Paramount Pictures films
- German black-and-white films
- 1920s thriller films
- Silent thriller films
- 1920s German films
- Films shot in London
- Films shot at Babelsberg Studios
- Films scored by Artur Guttmann
- Films scored by Hugo Riesenfeld
- Silent German film stubs
- Thriller film stubs