Witnesses Wanted

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Witnesses Wanted
Directed by Edmund Heuberger
Written by Oskar Schubert-Stevens
Produced by Joe Pasternak
Starring
Cinematography Charles J. Stumar
Production
company
Aco-Film
Distributed by Deutsche Universal-Film
Release date
9 May 1930
CountryGermany
Languages

Witnesses Wanted (German: Zeugen gesucht) is a 1930 German silent mystery film directed by Edmund Heuberger and starring Eddie Polo, Lotte Stein and Kurt Brenkendorf. [1]

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The film's sets were designed by the art directors Gustav A. Knauer and Willy Schiller. It was released by the German branch of Universal Pictures.

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References

  1. Wottrich p.176

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