The desert diamond

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Movie
Original title The desert diamond
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 1918
length 57 minutes
Rod
Director Rudolf Meinert
script based on an artwork by
Arthur Conan Doyle
occupation

The desert diamond is a crime film in the German film series Harry Higgs . It was created in 1917 under the direction of Rudolf Meinert with Hans Mierendorff in the leading role of the detective.

action

A duke dismisses his private secretary Pattison. The latter then steals a compromising letter from the Duchess in order to blackmail his grace. The high born then hires Harry Higgs to stop the villain. In fact, the private detective succeeds in stealing the letter from Pattison with a daring trick.

Production notes

The desert diamond passed the censorship in February 1918 and was premiered in Berlin's Tauentzienpalast that same month . The film ran in Austria-Hungary on June 6, 1918 and was around 1,600 meters long.

criticism

In Paimann's film lists you can read: "The material and photos are quite good, the game and scenery are very good."

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Der Wüstendiamant ( Memento of the original from March 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Paimann's film lists @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / old.filmarchiv.at