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The Dagger of Malaya (1919)

The Dagger of Malaya poster
Original title
Der Dolch des Malayen
Directed by
Leo Lasko
Genre
silent film
Country
German Reich
Runtime
1h
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A detective named Joe Deebs investigates a crime involving a Malayan dagger. The story follows clues and suspects in a German setting.

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What happens

The Dagger of Malaya (German: Der Dolch des Malayen) is a 1919 German silent crime film directed by Léo Lasko and starring Carl Auen, Bernhard Goetzke, and Victor Janson. It is part of the Joe Deebs detective series films. The film's sets were designed by the art director Kurt Richter. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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