Underplayed Gems

The Armoured Vault (1914)

The Armoured Vault poster
Original title
Das Panzergewölbe
Directed by
Joe May
Genre
silent film
Country
German Empire
Runtime
1h
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A detective solves a case involving a secure vault. The film follows the detective as he works through clues and confronts danger.

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What happens

The Armoured Vault (German: Das Panzergewölbe) is a 1914 German silent thriller film directed by Joe May and starring Ernst Reicher, Hermann Picha and Fritz Richard. It was one of the Stuart Webbs detective series, popular during the silent era. The film's sets were designed by the art director Paul Leni. It was produced by the newly-formed 'Stuart Webbs-Film Reicher und Reicher' company, and shot at Continental-Kunstfilm's studios. It was remade in 1926 with Reicher reprising his role. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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