Secret Police (film)

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Secret Police
Secret Police (film).jpg
French poster
Directed by Edmund Heuberger
Written by
Produced by Joe Pasternak
Starring
Cinematography Charles J. Stumar
Production
company
Aco-Film
Distributed by Deutsche Universal-Film
Release date
  • 6 December 1929 (1929-12-06)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

Secret Police (German : Geheimpolizisten) is a 1929 German crime film directed by Edmund Heuberger and starring Anton Pointner, Eddie Polo, and Rina Marsa. [1] It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin and on location in Wannsee. The film's art direction was by Gustav A. Knauer and Willy Schiller. It was released by the German subsidiary of Universal Pictures.

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References

  1. Gerhard Lamprecht. Deutsche Stummfilme, Volume 9 p. 536