Man and His Kingdom (film)

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Man and His Kingdom
Directed by Maurice Elvey
Written by E. Phillips Oppenheim (novel)
Kinchen Wood
Starring Valia
Harvey Braban
Bertram Burleigh
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Distributed byStoll Pictures
Release date
  • August 1922 (1922-08)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Man and His Kingdom is a 1922 British silent adventure film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Valia, Harvey Braban and Bertram Burleigh. It is an adaptation of The Man and His Kingdom , an 1899 novel by E. Phillips Oppenheim.

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