Jumping Into the Abyss

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Jumping Into the Abyss
Jumping Into the Abyss.jpg
Directed by Harry Piel
Written by
Produced byHarry Piel
Starring
Cinematography Ewald Daub
Edited by Max Brenner
Music by Fritz Wenneis
Production
company
Ariel-Film
Release date
  • 30 March 1933 (1933-03-30)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

Jumping Into the Abyss (German : Sprung in den Abgrund) is a 1933 German crime film directed by Harry Piel and starring Piel, Elga Brink and Anton Pointner. [1]

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The film's sets were designed by Artur Günther and Willi Herrmann.

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References

  1. Rentschler p. 283

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