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The Passenger in the Straitjacket (1922)

The Passenger in the Straitjacket poster
Directed by
Rudolf Walther-Fein
Genre
silent film
Country
Germany
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A private detective takes on a case involving a passenger in a straitjacket. The story unfolds in 1920s Germany with silent film style.

silent-eramysteriousbrisk-pacedmelodramaticatmosphericintriguingold-fashioned

What happens

The Passenger in the Straitjacket (German: Der Passagier in der Zwangsjacke) is a 1922 German silent film directed by Rudolf Walther-Fein. It was one of two German films released that year featuring the private detective character Nick Carter. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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