The Crimson Circle (1929 film)

The Crimson Circle
The Crimson Circle
Directed by	Frederic Zelnik
Written by	Fanny Carlsen; Howard Caye;
Based on	novel The Crimson Circle by Edgar Wallace
Starring	Lya Mara; Fred Louis Lerch; Stewart Rome;
Cinematography	Frederik Fuglsang; Leslie Rowson;
Music by	Edmund Meisel
Production; companies	British International Pictures; British Sound Film Productions; Efzet Film;
Distributed by	Deutsche Film Union (Germany)
Release date	25 March 1929 (Berlin);
Country	Britain/Germany
Languages	Silent, and; De Forest Phonofilm;

The Crimson Circle (German: Der rote Kreis) is a 1929 British-German crime film directed by Frederic Zelnik and starring Lya Mara, Fred Louis Lerch, and Stewart Rome.

The film, a co-production between British International Pictures and , was made in both a silent version and a sound version filmed in the Phonofilm sound-on-film system. In March 1929, this film and The Clue of the New Pin, filmed in the British Phototone sound-on-disc process, were previewed in London.^[1]

The film is an adaptation of the 1922 Edgar Wallace novel The Crimson Circle in which Scotland Yard detectives battle a gang of blackmailers. A previous UK version was filmed in 1922.

Plot[]

Police battle against a gang of blackmailers known as The Crimson Circle.

Cast[]

Lya Mara as Thalia Drummond
Fred Louis Lerch as Jack Birdmore
Stewart Rome as Derrick Yale
Albert Steinrück as Froyant
as Inspektor Parr
Otto Wallburg as Marl
Hans Albers as Diener von Marl
as Birdmore
Otto Treßler as Ministerpräsident
Ilka Grüning as Eine Vermieterin
as Milly
Bruno Ziener as Kriminalkommissar
Hugo Döblin as Pfandleiher
as Zofe

References[]

^ BFI Database entry

External links[]

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[1] BFI Database entry

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