Looping the Loop (1928)

Original title

Die Todesschleife

Directed by

Arthur Robison

Genre

silent film

Country

Germany

Runtime

2h 07m

Rating

8.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A silent thriller about a performer trapped in a dangerous circus act. The film follows his desperate attempts to escape his grim fate.

tensemelancholicvisually lushslow-burnatmosphericsombersuspensefulold-fashioned

What happens

Looping the Loop (German: Die Todesschleife) is a 1928 German silent thriller film directed by Arthur Robison and starring Werner Krauss, Jenny Jugo and Warwick Ward. The film was produced by UFA. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin and on location in London. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Herlth and Walter Röhrig. As with UFA's Variety, Paramount Pictures handled the film's American distribution as part of the Parufamet agreement. Paramount prepared a sound version for distribution in English speaking countries. While the sound version has no audible dialog, it featured a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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