Spies / Fritz Lang. Felix the Cat "all puzzled." M / Fritz Lang.
Spies: First "modern" spy film. A power-hungry banker with many disguises marshals his forces to steal the secrets of an important treaty.-- M: Perhaps the greatest example of German expressionism on the screen. Drama, social commentary, satire, and an anatomy of a crime are some of the elements of...
| Uniform Title: | Europa theatre series.
Rovi Media Collection. Movies. |
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| Language: | German English |
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Sebastopol, Calif. :
Whirlwind Media,
2000.
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| Series: | Europa theatre series.
Rovi Media Collection. Movies. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (approximately 164 min.) : silent, sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 pamphlet. |
| Variant Title: |
Felix the Cat "All puzzled"
All puzzled.
M. |
| Format: | Video DVD |
| Summary: |
Spies: First "modern" spy film. A power-hungry banker with many disguises marshals his forces to steal the secrets of an important treaty.-- M: Perhaps the greatest example of German expressionism on the screen. Drama, social commentary, satire, and an anatomy of a crime are some of the elements of this dark masterpiece. Peter Lorre plays a psychopathic killer of children who successfully evades police but is eventually confronted by the code of the underworld. |
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| Note: | "WDVD 2007." German with English Subtitles. Spies: Originally produced as motion picture by UFA in 1928. Adapted by Thea von Harbou from her novel "Spione." Spies is a Silent Film - M is a sound film. Videorecording. |
| Call Number: | AJ9 D0011957 VideoDVD |
| Credits: | For Spies: Cinematographer, Fritz Arno Wagner. For M: Cinematographer, Fritz Arno Wagner ; film editor, Paul Falkenberg ; music, Edvard Grieg. |
| System Details: | DVD. |
| Participant or Performer: |
Spies: Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Gerda Maurus, Lien Deyers; M: Peter Lorre, Ellen Widmann, Otto Wernicke, Gustaf Grundgers. |