Die geheimnisvolle Villa

Die geheimnisvolle Villa (lit. 'The Secret-Filled Villa') is a 1914 silent German detective film directed by Joe May and starring Ernst Reicher. It is the first in the series starring the fictional gentleman detective Stuart Webbs, modelled on Sherlock Holmes. It also features Werner Krauss.[1]

Die geheimnisvolle Villa
Directed byJoe May
Written byErnst Reicher
Produced byContinental-Kunstfilm
StarringErnst Reicher
CinematographyMax Fassbender
Release date
  • 13 March 1914 (1914-03-13)
Running time
1322 metres
CountryGerman Empire
LanguagesSilent
German intertitles

It was made at Continental-Kunstfilm's studios at 123 Chausseestraße, Berlin, and premièred at the Union-Theater Kammerlichtspiele cinema[2] (later the Tauentzien Palast).[3]

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References

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  1. ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: Die geheimnisvolle Villa". Silent Era. Retrieved 13 September 2009.
  2. ^ "Die geheimnisvolle Villa". filmportal.de (in German). Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  3. ^ Roe, Ken. "Tauentzien Palast". Cinema Treasures. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
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