The Onyx Head

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The Onyx Head
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Max Landa and Leopoldine Konstantin
German Der Onyxknopf
Directed by Joe May
Written by Ewald André Dupont
Joe May
Produced byJoe May
Starring
Cinematography Curt Courant
Production
company
May-Film
Release date
  • 28 September 1917 (1917-09-28)
CountryGermany
Languages Silent
German intertitles

The Onyx Head (German: Der Onyxknopf) is a 1917 German silent crime film directed by Joe May and starring Max Landa, Bruno Kastner and Leopoldine Konstantin. [1] It was part of a series of Joe Deebs detective films.

Contents

The film's sets were designed by the art director Uwe Jens Krafft.

Cast

In alphabetical order

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References

  1. Bergfelder, Tim; Cargnelli, Christian (2008). Destination London: German-speaking Emigres and British Cinema, 1925–1950. Film Europa. Berghahn Books. p. 27. ISBN   1845455320. JSTOR   j.ctt9qd9x1.