Behind the Altar

Behind the Altar
Directed by	Julius Brandt William Dieterle
Written by	William Dieterle
Produced by	William Dieterle
Starring	William Dieterle Marcella Albani Alfred Gerasch
Cinematography	Otto Martini Erich Nitzschmann Giovanni Vitrotti
Production company	Charha-Film
Distributed by	Deutsch-Nordische Film-Union
Release date	8 December 1927 (1927-12-08)
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent German intertitles

Behind the Altar or The Secret of Abbe X (German : Das Geheimnis des Abbe X) is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Julius Brandt and William Dieterle and starring Dieterle, Marcella Albani, and Alfred Gerasch. ^[1]

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Erich Grave and Ernst Stern.

Cast

• William Dieterle as Der Abbé
• Marcella Albani as Die Marchesa
• Alfred Gerasch as Der Conte
• Jeanne Helbling as Bianca, Zofe der Marchesa
• Kenneth Rive as Der junge Marchese
• Hermann Picha as Beppo, Diener des Conte
• Julius Brandt as Der Majordomus
• Paul Biensfeldt as Der alte Pfarrer
• Raimondo Van Riel as Becelli

References

1. Bock & Bergfelder p. 90

Bibliography

• Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN   978-1-57181-655-9.

External links

• Behind the Altar at IMDb