Island of the Dead (1921 film)

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Island of the Dead
Directed by Carl Froelich
Written by Walter Supper
Produced by Erich Pommer
Starring
Cinematography A.O. Weitzenberg
Production
company
Distributed byDecla-Bioscop
Release date
7 January 1921
CountryGermany
LanguagesSilent
German intertitles

Island of the Dead (German: Toteninsel) is a 1921 German drama film directed by Carl Froelich and starring Lil Dagover, Bernhard Goetzke and Walter Janssen. [1]

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The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Herlth, Walter Röhrig and Hermann Warm.

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References

  1. Hardt p.222

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