His Biggest Bluff (1927)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | His biggest bluff |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1927 |
| length | 108 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Harry Piel |
| script |
Henrik Galeen Harry Piel |
| production | Heinrich Nebenzahl for Nero-Film AG, Berlin |
| music | Hans May |
| camera |
Georg Muschner Gotthardt Wolf |
| occupation | |
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His biggest bluff is a German sensational film by and with Harry Piel , who plays a double role here, from 1927.
action
Harry and Henry Devall are twin brothers. Henry, only half an hour apart from Harry, works as managing director for the owner of a jewelry store, Ms. Andersson. One day, she commissioned him to transfer diamond jewelery to Nice and hand it over to an important customer, the Rajah von Johore. On the way there, the precious jewelry is stolen. Harry, who has just returned from America, rushes to his brother's aid immediately, and they both go to Nice to find the precious items. The culprit is quickly located: it is a lady from the demimonde named Yvette who had fished the jewelry from Henry's pocket with her long fingers.
The Devall brothers can catch her when she offers the diamonds to the Indian Maharajah for sale on her own initiative. But Yvette is by no means the only one who was after the jewelry; a number of rascals are now trying to steal Harry and Henry's jewelry. Even the Indian prince is not real. But the two identical twins use their striking resemblance to deceive the gangsters with a simple trick. After a long back and forth it comes to a showdown on a half-ruined estate between Nice and Monte Carlo. The crooks who were directed there can all be arrested by the police. The jewelry is now finally in the right hands again, and as a reward, Henry receives the hand of his boss's daughter, Tilly Andersson.
Production notes
His biggest bluff was created from April to early May 1927 in Berlin-Staaken . The ten-act film was censored on May 5, 1927 and premiered exactly one week later in Berlin's Alhambra Palace .
The young Marlene Dietrich was already cast here, almost three years before Der Blaue Engel , according to her role as femme fatale and demi-world lady, which was often used later .
The film structures were made by Willi A. Herrmann , Walter Zeiske was one of the production managers. Edmund Heuberger served here as assistant director. The subtitles are from Dr. Herbert Nossen.