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Production company | Phönix-Film |
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Country | Germany |
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The Case of Prosecutor M (German: Der Fall des Staatsanwalts M...) is a 1928 German silent mystery film directed by Rudolf Meinert and Giulio Antamoro and starring Maria Jacobini, Jean Angelo and Gregori Chmara. [1] It was released in the United States in 1930 by Unusual Photoplays Inc. as The Strange Case of the District Attorney with English intertitles by Don Bartlett and an added sound effects track.
The film's sets were designed by Robert A. Dietrich.
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