Whitechapel. A chain of pearls and adventures

Movie
Original title	Whitechapel. A chain of pearls and adventures
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	1920
length	110 minutes
Rod
Director	Ewald André Dupont
script	Max Jungk ; Julius Urgiss
production	Hanns Lippmann
camera	Karl Hasselmann
occupation
	Hans Mierendorff : Fred Hopkins; Grit Hegesa : Whore Rachel; Carl Clewing : Lord Cecil Reading; Marga Kierska : Reading's fiancée; Otto Fee : Baronet Harry Reading, cousin; Marie Lu Jürgens : Mintje, service man; Guido Herzfeld : Bar host Feibel; Hermann Wlach : Jac, the "Apache", called the "Baron"; Henry Bender : Ton, the "reindeer"; Carl Geppert : Will, the "candidate"; Fritz Schulz : David, street vendor; Leo Connard : John Crawford, jeweler; Ferry Sikla : blocker, jeweler; Adolf Edgar Licho : van Zuider, jeweler; Rudolf Lettinger : Commissioner; Julia Serda;

Whitechapel. A chain of pearls and adventures (alternative title: The City of Disinherited ) is a German crime film from 1920.

action

Fred Hopkins, a jeweler's assistant, replaces the pearl necklace Lord Reading bought as a wedding present with a worthless imitation. A hunt begins which the flower seller Rahel and the jumping jack dealer David can end by finding the jewelery. Hopkins, who is caught, then commits suicide for fear of poison punishment.

background

The production company was Gloria-Film GmbH Berlin. Max Jungk and Julius Urgiss wrote the script based on templates from London police files. Heinrich Richter was responsible for the buildings .

The film had a length of six acts over 2,271 meters (after editing: 2,255 meters), which corresponds to approx. 111 (after editing: approx. 110 minutes). The Reich film censorship imposed a youth ban on him on August 30, 1920 (No. 356). The world premiere took place on September 30, 1920 in the Tauentzienpalast and in the Mozart Hall in Berlin.

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↑ Film length calculator , frame rate : 18

[1] Film length calculator , frame rate : 18