Underplayed Gems

The Curtain Falls (1939)

The Curtain Falls poster
Original title
Der Vorhang fällt
Directed by
Georg Jacoby
Genre
musical film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 31m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A crime unfolds at a theater. A cast of performers and detectives get involved in solving the mystery.

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What happens

The Curtain Falls (German: Der Vorhang fällt) is a 1939 German crime film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Anneliese Uhlig, Elfie Mayerhofer and Hilde Sessak. It was based on a play by Paul van der Hurck and was made by UFA at the company's Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Kettelhut. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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