The Secret Adversary (film)
1929 film
- Jane Bess
- Carlo Aldini
- Hilda Bayley
- Eve Gray
Production
company
company
Orplid-Film
Release date
- 15 February 1929 (1929-02-15)
Running time
- Silent
- German intertitles
The Secret Adversary or Adventures Inc. (German: Die Abenteurer G.m.b.H.) is a 1929 German silent mystery film directed by Fred Sauer and starring Carlo Aldini, Hilda Bayley and Eve Gray.[1] It is an adaptation of the British writer Agatha Christie's 1922 novel The Secret Adversary.[2] It was shot at the Grunewald Studios in Berlin and location shooting around the city and the English port of Southampton. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Leopold Blonder and Franz Schroedter.[3]
Cast
- Carlo Aldini as Pierre Lafitte
- Hilda Bayley as Rita van den Meer
- Eve Gray as Lucienne Fereoni
- Eberhard Leithoff as George Finné
- Elfriede Borodin as Jeanette Finné - seine Schwester
- Shayle Gardner as Julius Vardier - Staatssekretär des Innern
- Hans Mierendorff as Marglin - Chef des Geheimdienstes
- John Mylong as Boris
- Valy Arnheim as Wittington
- Mikhail Rasumny
References
Bibliography
- Brunsdale, Mitzi M. Icons of Mystery and Crime Detection: From Sleuths to Superheroes. ABC-CLIO, 2010.
- Gandert, Gero . Der Film der Weimarer Republik 1929: ein Handbuch der zeitgenössischen Kritik. Walter de Gruyter, 1993.
- Wlaschin, Ken. Silent Mystery and Detective Movies: A Comprehensive Filmography. McFarland, 2009.
External links
- The Secret Adversary at IMDb
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Films directed by Fred Sauer
- The Apache Chief (1920)
- Demon Blood (1920)
- The Law of the Desert (1920)
- The Yellow Diplomat (1920)
- Monte Carlo (1921)
- Youth (1922)
- The Men of Frau Clarissa (1922)
- The Shadows of That Night (1922)
- The Comedian's Child (1923)
- Time Is Money (1923)
- Heart of Stone (1924)
- The Ascent of Little Lilian (1925)
- The Company Worth Millions (1925)
- Ship in Distress (1925)
- Frisian Blood (1925)
- German Hearts on the German Rhine (1926)
- Professor Imhof (1926)
- The Awakening of Woman (1927)
- The Woman Who Couldn't Say No (1927)
- He Goes Right, She Goes Left! (1928)
- In Werder the Trees are in Bloom (1928)
- Single Mother (1928)
- Furnished Room (1929)
- Sweet Pepper (1929)
- The Secret Adversary (1929)
- Miss Midshipman (1929)
- Dangers of the Engagement Period (1930)
- Helene Willfüer, Student of Chemistry (1930)
- The Stranger (1931)
- The Pride of Company Three (1932)
- The Two Seals (1934)
- All Because of the Dog (1935)
- Gordian the Tyrant (1937)
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