The Closed Chain (1920)

Original title

Die Geschlossene Kette

Directed by

Paul L. Stein

Genre

drama film, silent film, crime film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 32m

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

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.

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How it feels

A silent crime drama from 1920s Germany. The story follows characters caught in a web of events that connect them in unexpected ways.

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What happens

The Closed Chain (German: Die geschlossene Kette) is a 1920 German silent film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Pola Negri, Aud Egede-Nissen, and Carl Ebert. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jack Winter (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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