Three Cuckoo Clocks

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Three Cuckoo Clocks
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Directed by Lothar Mendes
Written by
Produced by Erich Pommer
Starring
Cinematography Fritz Arno Wagner
Production
company
UFA
Distributed by
Release date
  • 25 May 1926 (1926-05-25)
CountryGermany
Languages

Three Cuckoo Clocks (German: Die drei Kuckucksuhren) is a 1926 German silent drama film directed by Lothar Mendes and starring Lillian Hall-Davis, Nina Vanna and Nils Asther. The film's sets were designed by the art director Hans Jacoby. It premiered at the Gloria-Palast in Berlin on 25 May 1926. [1] It was based on a novel by Georg Mühlen-Schulte. Unlike many of Mendes' films from the period, which are now considered lost, it still survives. [2] It was released in the United States by Paramount Pictures under the alternative title of Adventure Mad.

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  1. Hardt p.236
  2. Bock and Bergfelder p.319

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