The Crimson Circle (1929 film)
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Directed by | Frederic Zelnik |
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Based on | novel The Crimson Circle by Edgar Wallace |
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Music by | Edmund Meisel |
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Distributed by | Deutsche Film Union (Germany) |
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Languages | Sound (Part-Talkie) English Intertitles |
The Crimson Circle (German: Der rote Kreis) is a 1929 British-German sound part-talkie crime film directed by Frederic Zelnik and starring Lya Mara, Fred Louis Lerch, and Stewart Rome. In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects along with English intertitles. The sound was recorded via the De Forest Phonofilm sound-on-film process. The film is an adaptation of the 1922 Edgar Wallace novel The Crimson Circle in which Scotland Yard detectives battle a gang of blackmailers. A previous UK version was filmed in 1922.
The film, a co-production between British International Pictures and Efzet Film. 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.[1] As with most early sound films, a silent version was edited down from the sound version for release to theatres that had not yet converted to sound.
Synopsis
[edit]Scotland Yard officers battle against a gang of blackmailers known as The Crimson Circle.
Cast
[edit]- Lya Mara as Thalia Drummond
- Fred Louis Lerch as Jack Birdmore
- Stewart Rome as Derrick Yale
- Albert Steinrück as Froyant
- John Castle as Inspektor Parr
- Otto Wallburg as Marl
- Hans Albers as Diener von Marl
- Hans Marlow as Birdmore
- Otto Treßler as Ministerpräsident
- Ilka Grüning as Eine Vermieterin
- Annie Ann as Milly
- Bruno Ziener as Kriminalkommissar
- Hugo Döblin as Pfandleiher
- Ria Weber as Zofe
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "BFI | Film & TV Database | The CRIMSON CIRCLE (1929)". ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. 18 January 2009. Archived from the original on 18 January 2009. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
External links
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- 1929 films
- 1929 crime films
- British crime films
- German crime films
- Films of the Weimar Republic
- 1920s German-language films
- Films directed by Frederic Zelnik
- Films based on British novels
- Films based on works by Edgar Wallace
- Transitional sound films
- British black-and-white films
- German black-and-white films
- 1920s British films
- 1920s German films
- Part-talkie films
- Films scored by Edmund Meisel
- 1920s British film stubs
- 1920s German film stubs