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Column X (1929)

Column X poster
Original title
Kolonne X
Directed by
Reinhold Schünzel
Genre
silent film, crime film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 39m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A silent crime film set in Germany. It follows a group of criminals and the police who pursue them.

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What happens

Column X (German: Kolonne X) is a 1929 German silent crime film directed by Reinhold Schünzel and starring Schünzel, Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur and Grete Reinwald. The film attempted to imitate the style of American crime films, switched to a German setting. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin and premiered at the city's Marmorhaus cinema. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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