The Eternal Mask

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The Eternal Mask
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Directed by Werner Hochbaum
Written by
Starring
Cinematography Oskar Schnirch
Edited by Else Baum
Music by Anton Profes
Production
company
Progress Film
Distributed by Arthur Mayer & Joseph Burstyn (US)
Release dates
  • 26 August 1935 (1935-08-26)(Wien)
  • 12 January 1937 (1937-01-12)(US)
Running time
85 minutes
Countries
LanguageGerman

The Eternal Mask (German: Die ewige Maske) is a 1935 Austrian-Swiss drama film directed by Werner Hochbaum and starring Peter Petersen, Mathias Wieman and Franz Schafheitlin. The film was amongst the best ten foreign films of the year judged by the 1937 American National Board of Review of Motion Pictures. It also ran in competition at the 3rd Venice International Film Festival.

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