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The Leap in the Dark (1920)

The Leap in the Dark poster
Original title
Der Sprung ins Dunkle
Directed by
Ernst Reicher
Genre
silent film
Country
Germany
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A detective named Stuart Webbs takes on a case in this silent mystery. The film follows his investigation through a series of clues and complications.

mysterioussuspensefulold-fashionedcerebrallow-keypuzzlingtonally flat

What happens

The Leap in the Dark (German:Der Sprung ins Dunkle) is a 1920 German silent mystery film directed by and starring Ernst Reicher as the detective character Stuart Webbs, part of a long-running series of silent films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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