The Secret Adversary (film)
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| Directed by | Fred Sauer |
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Production company | Orplid-Film |
| Distributed by | Messtro-Film |
Release date | 15 February 1929 |
Running time | 76 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
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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. It is an adaptation of the British writer Agatha Christie's 1922 novel The Secret Adversary.[1]
The film's art direction was by Leopold Blonder and Franz Schroedter
Cast[]
- Carlo Aldini as Pierre Lafitte
- Hilda Bayley as Rita van den Meer
- Eve Gray as Lucienne Fereoni
- as George Finné
- 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[]
- ^ Brunsdale p.163
Bibliography[]
- Mitzi M. Brunsdale. Icons of Mystery and Crime Detection: From Sleuths to Superheroes. ABC-CLIO, 2010.
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Categories:
- 1929 films
- German films
- Films based on British novels
- Films based on works by Agatha Christie
- Films of the Weimar Republic
- Films directed by Fred Sauer
- German silent feature films
- German mystery films
- German black-and-white films
- 1929 mystery films
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