Circumstantial Evidence (1929 film)

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Circumstantial Evidence
German Indizienbeweis
Directed by Georg Jacoby
Written by Marie Corelli (novel)
Stefan Markus
Produced byStefan Markus
Starring Fritz Alberti
Ruth Weyher
Valy Arnheim
Henry Edwards
CinematographyHans Karl Gottschalk
Günther Krampf
Production
company
Ama-Film
Distributed byAma-Film (Germany)
Williams and Pritchard Films (UK)
Release date
  • 15 February 1929 (1929-02-15)
CountryGermany
LanguagesSilent
German intertitles

Circumstantial Evidence (German: Indizienbeweis) is a 1929 German silent crime film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Fritz Alberti, Ruth Weyher, Valy Arnheim and Henry Edwards. [1] It is based on the 1886 novel Vendetta by Marie Corelli. Countess Romani grows bored of her life in Corsica and wishes to go elsewhere. It is also known by the alternative title Vendetta. It premiered on 15 February 1929. [2]

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References

  1. "BFI | Film & TV Database | Indizienbeweis (1929)". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. 16 April 2009. Archived from the original on 7 February 2009. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  2. Grange, William (2008). Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. p. 300. ISBN   3598114923.