Swifter Than Death (1925)

Original title

Schneller als der Tod

Directed by

Gérard Bourgeois

Genre

silent film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 37m

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An action film set in the 1920s. The story follows a man who must confront danger and race against time. It was shot in Paris, Munich, and the French Riviera.

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What happens

Swifter Than Death (German: Schneller als der Tod, French: Face à la mort) is a 1925 French-Germany silent action film directed by Gérard Bourgeois and Harry Piel and starring Piel, Dary Holm, Denise Legeay and José Davert. It was shot at the Cité Elgé Studios in Paris and on location in Munich and the Côte d'Azur. The film's sets were designed by the art director Fritz Kraenke . (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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