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The Secret Courier
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Wikipedia article
'The Secret Courier' (German: 'Der geheime Kurier') is a 1928 German silent adventure film directed by Gennaro Righelli and starring Lil Dagover, Ivan Mozzhukhin and Agnes Petersen.Bock & Bergfelder p.77 It is based on the classic novel 'The Red and the Black' by Stendhal, which Righelli later remade as a sound film 'The Courier of the King in 1947.
The film's art direction was by Otto Erdmann and Hans Sohnle.
Cast
* Lil Dagover as Mme. Thrse de Renal
* Ivan Mozzhukhin as Julien Sorel
* Agnes Petersen as Mathilde de la Mle
* Flix de Poms as Norbert de la Mle
* Valeria Blanka as Innkeeper's Daughter
* Hubert von Meyerinck as Duc d'Orlans
* Jos Davert as Mayor Rnal
* Jean Dax as Marquis de la Mle
* Dillo Lombardi as Abb
References
Bibliography
* Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. 'The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema'. Berghahn Books, 2009.
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