Behind the Altar

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Behind the Altar
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Directed by
Written byWilliam Dieterle
Produced byWilliam Dieterle
Starring
Cinematography
Production
company
Charha-Film
Distributed byDeutsch-Nordische Film-Union
Release date
  • 8 December 1927 (1927-12-08)
CountryGermany
Languages

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]

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

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References

  1. Bock & Bergfelder p. 90

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