The devil's waltz
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The devil's waltz |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1918 |
| length | approx. 77 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Johannes Guter |
| production | Ernst Reicher |
| occupation | |
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Der Teufelswalzer is a German detective film from 1918 in the Stuart Webbs film series . Ernst Reicher plays the title role .
action
The wife of the well-known virtuoso Paolo Sarto, Signe Sarto, asks the gentleman detective Stuart Webbs for his help. Her husband has been suffering from severe anxiety since a strange visit. A little later the body of the mysterious visitor is found in Sarto's garden - he was slain. Once again, Webbs takes the investigation under heavy masking. He succeeds in clarifying the dead person's identity and also identifying the two real criminals.
Production notes
The Devil's Waltz passed film censorship in July 1918 and was premiered on September 26, 1918 at UT Kurfürstendamm. The four-act or, in another version, five-act film was 1514 and 1580 meters long. In Austria the film was announced for September 6, 1918 with a length of 1650 meters.
criticism
In Paimann's film lists you can read: "Material, photos, game and scenery are very good."
Web links
- The Devil's Waltz at filmportal.de
- Der Teufelswalzer at The German Early Cinema Database
- The devil waltz in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Devil's Waltz in Paimann's film lists ( memento of the original from March 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
