''Eyes Open, Harry!'' (German: ''Achtung Harry! Augen auf!'') is a 1926 German silent

thriller film Thriller film, also known as suspense film or suspense thriller, is a broad film genre that evokes excitement and suspense in the audience. The suspense element found in most films' plots is particularly exploited by the filmmaker in this genre ...

directed by and starring

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 ...

.Grange p.234 It was shot at the

Staaken Studios Staaken Studios was a film studio located in Staaken on the outskirts of the German capital Berlin. A large former zeppelin hangar, it was converted to film use following the First World War and operated during the Weimar Republic. In July 1923 it ...

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

. The film's sets were designed by

Willi Herrmann Willi Herrmann (1893–1968) was a German art director. Selected filmography * '' Madness'' (1919) * '' Child on the Open Road'' (1919) * '' Jettatore'' (1919) * ''Humanity Unleashed'' (1920) * '' The Secrets of Berlin'' (1921) * ''The Maharaja ...

Cast

Eugen Burg Eugen Burg (6 January 1871 – 17 April 1944) was a German actor. His daughter was Hansi Burg. Burg was a close friend of the actor Hans Albers. Burg was born Eugen Hirschburg into a Jewish family, but later converted to Protestantism. He was ban ...

as Graham Horst *

Colette Corder Colette Corder (1894–1982) was a German stage and film actress.Rogowski p.325 Selected filmography * ''The Black Guest'' (1920) * '' Count Varenne's Lover'' (1921) * '' The Asian Sun'' (1921) * ''The Courier from Lisbon'' (1921) * '' Hands Up'' ...

as Rote Gräfin *

Karl Falkenberg Karl Falkenberg (born Karl Franz Josef Falkenberg, 6 April 1887 – died after 1936) was a German-Jewish film actor. Selected filmography * '' Clown Charly'' (1918) * '' Cain'' (1918) * '' Blackmailed'' (1920) * ''The Song of the Puszta'' (1 ...

as Prinz Achmed *

Jaro Fürth Jaro Fürth (born Edwin Fürth-Jaro; 21 April 1871 – 12 November 1945) was an Austrian stage and film actor. Early life Fürth was born to Jewish parents in Prague.Georg John Georg John (born Georg Jacobsohn; 23 July 1879 – 18 November 1941) was a German stage and film actor. Early life Georg Jacobsohn was born into a Jewish household in Schmiegel, Province of Posen, Imperial Germany. Career John began his ...

as Nathan Miller *

Denise Legeay Denise Augusta Marguerite Legeay (22 January 1898 – 27 May 1968) was a French film actress whose popularity peaked during the silent film era of the 1920s. Legeay made her film debut at age 23 in the 1921 Henry Houry directed film ''L’ ...

as Ethel Horst *

as Harry

References

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1926 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Harry Piel 1920s thriller films German thriller films German black-and-white films Phoebus Film films Silent thriller films 1920s German films Films shot at Staaken Studios {{thriller-film-stub