Witches' Night (1927 film)

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Witches' Night
Directed by James Bauer
Written by Eva Lindner
Armin Petersen
Starring Gerd Briese
Vivian Gibson
Evelyn Holt
Cinematography Werner Brandes
Curt Helling
Production
company
Release date
4 April 1927
CountryGermany
LanguagesSilent
German intertitles

Witches' Night (German: Walpurgisnacht) is a 1927 German silent film directed by James Bauer and starring Gerd Briese, Vivian Gibson and Evelyn Holt. [1]

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The film's art direction was by Robert A. Dietrich.

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  1. Grange p.254

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