His Best Friend | |
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Directed by | Uwe Jens Krafft |
Written by | Richard Hutter Joe May |
Produced by | Joe May |
Starring | Max Landa |
Cinematography | Curt Courant |
Production company | May-Film |
Release date |
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Country | Germany |
Languages | Silent German intertitles |
His Best Friend (German:Sein bester Freund) is a 1918 German silent film directed by Uwe Jens Krafft and starring Max Landa as the detective Joe Deebs. [1]
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