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The Devious Path is a 1928 German silent drama film directed by G. W. Pabst and starring Gustav Diessl, Brigitte Helm and Hertha von Walther. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Otto Erdmann and Hans Sohnle. Location shooting took place at the Markgrafentheater Erlangen in Bavaria. It was made by the German subsidiary of Universal Pictures. It premiered at the Marmorhaus in Berlin.
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In Thrall to the Claw is a 1921 Austrian silent film directed by Carl Froelich and starring Eugen Jensen, Gustav Diessl, and Julius Strobl. While visiting the set, future director Georg Wilhelm Pabst made his only ever screen appearance as an actor.
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- ↑ Grange, William (2008). Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. p. 190. ISBN 081085967X. LCCN 2008008116.
