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The Armoured Vault (1926)

The Armoured Vault poster
Original title
Das Panzergewölbe
Directed by
Lupu Pick
Genre
silent film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 48m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A detective investigates a seemingly impenetrable safe that has been broken into. He works to uncover how the crime was committed and who is responsible.

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What happens

The Armoured Vault (German: Das Panzergewölbe) is a 1926 German silent thriller film directed by Lupu Pick and starring Ernst Reicher, Johannes Riemann, and Mary Nolan. It was part of a popular series featuring the detective character Stuart Webbs, and a remake of an earlier film The Armoured Vault directed by Joe May in 1914. The film's sets were designed by Rudi Feld. It was shot at the Staaken Studios in Berlin. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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