Die geheimnisvolle Villa

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Die geheimnisvolle Villa
Directed by Joe May
Written by Ernst Reicher
Produced by Continental-Kunstfilm
StarringErnst Reicher
Cinematography Max Fassbender
Release date
  • 13 March 1914 (1914-03-13)
Running time
1322 metres
CountryGerman Empire
Languages Silent
German intertitles

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 and May's wife Mia May and their daughter Eva May. [1]

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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

  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.