''Dangerous Clues'' (German: ''Auf gefährlichen Spuren'') is a 1924

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silent

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directed by

Harry Piel Heinrich Piel (12 July 1892 – 27 March 1963), known professionally as Harry Piel, was a prolific German actor, film director, screenwriter, and film producer who was involved in over 150 films. Piel became a director in 1912, turning out such ...

and starring Piel,

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and

Dary Holm Dary Holm (born Anna Maria Dorothea Meyer; 16 April 1897 – 29 August 1960) was a German actress. She married film star Harry Piel in 1927. Holm starred alongside Piel in several films, such as ''Johnny Steals Europe'' (1932).Grange p.389 Select ...

. It was shot at the

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and distributed by the

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-based

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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. It premiered in

on 10 June 1924.Grange p.174

Cast

as Harry *

as Francis Margreit *

as Dorothy *

Fred Immler Ferdinand "Fred" Immler (10 December 1880 –20 February 1965) was a German stage and film actor. Life Born in Coburg, as a young adult he worked from 1900 to 1902 at Deutsche Bank in Berlin and from 1902 to 1904 at Dresdner Bank. 1905 he return ...

as Thomas * Esther Carena as Gitty *

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as Marianne * Paul Meffert as Bluntzli * Gustav Oberg as Der Fürst

References

Bibliography

* Grange, William. ''Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic''. Scarecrow Press, 2008.

External links

* 1924 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films German crime films 1924 crime films Films directed by Harry Piel German black-and-white films Bavaria Film films 1920s German films Films shot at Halensee Studios {{1920s-Germany-film-stub