The Onyx Head (1917)
- Directed by
- Hans Oberländer, Joe May
- Genre
- silent film, crime film
- Country
- German Empire, Germany
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A detective named Joe Deebs investigates a crime involving a valuable onyx button. The story follows clues and suspects in a classic whodunit style from the silent era.
mysterioussuspensefulold-fashionedcerebralrestraineddatedpuzzlingnoir-adjacent
What happens
The Onyx Head (German: Der Onyxknopf) is a 1917 German silent crime film directed by Joe May and starring Max Landa, Bruno Kastner and Leopoldine Konstantin. It was part of a series of Joe Deebs detective films. The film's sets were designed by the art director Uwe Jens Krafft. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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