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Vengeance Is Mine (1916)

Vengeance Is Mine poster
Directed by
Rudolf Meinert
Genre
silent film, crime film
Country
German Empire, Germany
Runtime
1h 08m
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A detective named Harry Higgs investigates a crime in this German silent film. It was the first screenplay by a notable filmmaker.

silent-eramysteriousinvestigativestraightforwardmelodramaticold-fashioned

What happens

Vengeance Is Mine (German: Mein ist die Rache) is a 1916 German silent crime film directed by Rudolf Meinert and starring Hans Mierendorff, Herr Forstner and Marie von Buelow. It was part of a popular series of films featuring the fictional detective Harry Higgs. It was the first screenplay written by Ewald André Dupont, who later went on to be a leading filmmaker. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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