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Masks (1929)

Masks poster
Original title
Masken
Directed by
Rudolf Meinert
Genre
silent film, crime film
Country
Weimar Republic
Runtime
1h 19m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A detective investigates a crime in Weimar Germany. The silent film follows clues involving masks and deception.

moodysuspensefulnoirishfast-pacedmysteriousdated

What happens

Masks (German: Masken) is a 1929 German silent crime film directed by Rudolf Meinert and starring Karl Ludwig Diehl, Trude Berliner and Marcella Albani. It was the second film made by Meinert featuring the detective hero Stuart Webbs following The Green Monocle (1929). It was shot at the Grunewald Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Hermann Warm. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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