''Assassination'' (german: Feme) is a 1927
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silent thriller film
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directed by
Richard Oswald and starring
Eduard Rothauser
Eduard Rothauser (1876–1956) was an Austrian-born German actor.
Selected filmography
* '' The Man in the Cellar'' (1914)
* '' The Princess of Urbino'' (1919)
* '' Nobody Knows'' (1920)
* ''The Graveyard of the Living'' (1921)
* '' The Mahar ...
,
Mathilde Sussin and
Hans Stüwe
Hans Stüwe (14 May 1901 – 13 May 1976) was a German film actor.
Selected filmography
* '' Prinz Louis Ferdinand'' (1927)
* ''Potsdam'' (1927)
* ''The Transformation of Dr. Bessel'' (1927)
* ''The Bordello in Rio'' (1927)
* '' Assassination'' ( ...
. It was adapted from a novel by
Vicki Baum
Hedwig "Vicki" Baum (; he, ויקי באום; January 24, 1888 – August 29, 1960) was an Austrian writer. She is known for the novel ''Menschen im Hotel'' ("People at a Hotel", 1929 — published in English as '' Grand Hotel''), one of h ...
.
[Hake p. 39] It was shot at the
EFA Studios in
Berlin
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. The film's
art direction was by
Gustav A. Knauer
Gustav A. Knauer (1886–1950) was a German art director.Gemünden p.171 He designed the sets of more than a hundred films during his career.
Selected filmography
* '' The White Roses of Ravensberg'' (1919)
* '' The Flight into Marriage'' (1922)
...
.
Cast
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1927 films
Films of the Weimar Republic
1920s thriller films
German silent feature films
German thriller films
Films directed by Richard Oswald
Films based on Austrian novels
German black-and-white films
Silent thriller films
1920s German films
Films shot at Halensee Studios
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