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Alfred Deutsch-German (1870–1943) was an Austrian journalist, playwright, screenwriter, and film director. From 1913 he worked for the Wiener Kunstfilm company as a screenwriter. Between 1922 and 1934 he directed eight films. Deutsch-German worked in the Austrian film industry until the Anschluss of 1938, but with less direct involvement in the production of films towards the end.
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Assassination is a 1927 German silent thriller film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Eduard Rothauser, Mathilde Sussin and Hans Stüwe. It was adapted from a novel by Vicki Baum. The film's art direction was by Gustav A. Knauer.
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My Leopold is a 1914 German silent comedy film directed by Heinrich Bolten-Baeckers and starring Felix Basch, Lotte Erol and Richard Georg. It was the first of three silent film adaptations Bolten-Baeckers made of the 1873 play of the same name by Adolphe L'Arronge.
The Destiny of Carola van Geldern is a 1919 Austrian-German silent film directed by Carl Froelich and starring Lotte Neumann.
Revenge for Eddy is a 1929 German silent Western film directed by Otz Tollen.
The Passenger in the Straitjacket is a 1922 German silent film directed by Rudolf Walther-Fein. It was one of two German films released that year featuring the private detective character Nick Carter.
Women Who Commit Adultery is a 1922 German silent film directed by and starring Bruno Eichgrün as the private detective Nick Carter. It was made as the sequel to The Passenger in the Straitjacket.
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