Orient Express (1927 film)

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Orient Express
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Lil Dagover in a scene from the film
Directed by Wilhelm Thiele
Written byWilhelm Thiele
Starring
Cinematography Karl Puth
Music by Willy Schmidt-Gentner
Production
company
Distributed byPhoebus Film
Release date
  • December 1927 (1927-12)
CountryGermany
LanguagesSilent
German intertitles

Orient Express (German: Orientexpress) is a 1927 German silent thriller film directed by Wilhelm Thiele and starring Lil Dagover, Heinrich George and Angelo Ferrari. [1] The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Baluschek and Karl Machus.

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  1. Waldman & Slide p.119

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