Bolibar

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Bolibar
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Directed by Walter Summers
Written byWalter Summers
Based onThe Marquis of Bolibar
by Leo Perutz
Produced by H. Bruce Woolfe
Starring Elissa Landi
Michael Hogan
Hubert Carter
Carl Harbord
Cinematography Jack Parker
Edited by Adrian Brunel
Ivor Montagu
Production
company
Distributed byNew Era Films
Release date
26 July 1928
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Bolibar is a 1928 British silent drama film directed by Walter Summers and starring Elissa Landi, Michael Hogan, and Carl Harbord. It was based on the 1920 novel The Marquis of Bolibar by Leo Perutz. It was made by British Instructional Films at Cricklewood Studios. Also outside scenes shot on the island of Malta with hundreds of Maltese extras.

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