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His Toughest Case (1926)

His Toughest Case poster
Original title
Sein großer Fall
Directed by
Fritz Wendhausen
Genre
silent film
Country
Germany
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
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How it feels

A detective works to solve a difficult criminal case in 1920s Berlin. He faces obstacles and dangerous situations while chasing the culprit.

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What happens

His Toughest Case (German: Sein großer Fall) is a 1926 German silent crime film directed and co-written by Fritz Wendhausen and starring Alexander Murski, Christa Tordy and Olga Chekhova. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film's art direction was by Hans Jacoby. It premiered at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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