Looping the Loop

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Looping the Loop
Looping the Loop.jpg
Directed by Arthur Robison
Written by
Produced by Gregor Rabinovitch
Starring
Cinematography Carl Hoffmann
Music by
Production
company
UFA
Distributed by
Release date
15 September 1928
Running time
133 minutes
CountryGermany
Languages Silent Version
German Intertitles
Sound Version (Synchronized)
English Intertitles

Looping the Loop (German: Die Todesschleife) is a 1928 German silent thriller film directed by Arthur Robison and starring Werner Krauss, Jenny Jugo and Warwick Ward. [1] The film was produced by UFA. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin and on location in London. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Herlth and Walter Röhrig. As with UFA's Variety , Paramount Pictures handled the film's American distribution as part of the Parufamet agreement. Paramount prepared a sound version for distribution in English speaking countries. While the sound version has no audible dialog, it featured a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process.

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The sound version prepared by Paramount featured a theme song entitled “Poor Punchinello” by Sam Lewis and Joe Young (words) and Lew Pollack (music).

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  1. Bock & Bergfelder p.228

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