''Lux, King of Criminals'' (German: ''Lux, der König der Verbrecher'') is a 1929 German

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directed by

Edmund Heuberger Edmund Heuberger (1883–1962) was a Swiss art director, screenwriter and film director.Goble p.387 Selected filmography Screenwriter * '' The Man Without Nerves'' (1924) * '' The Fake Emir'' (1924) * '' A Dangerous Game'' (1924) * '' Adventur ...

and starring

Carl Auen Carl Theodor Auen (16 February 1892 – 23 June 1972) was a German film actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1914 and 1938. Auen was a member of the Militant League for German Culture and also a member of the A ...

, Paul Michelo Kramer and

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 returne ...

.Krautz p.72 The film's sets were designed by the art director

Robert A. Dietrich Robert A. Dietrich (28 March 1889 – 8 September 1947) was a German art director.Scheunemann p.277 He designed the sets for more than a hundred films during his career. Selected filmography * '' The Student of Prague'' (1913) * '' The Path of De ...

. Other films with Carl Auen as Lux are ''

The Man in the Dark ''The Man in the Dark'' (german: Der Mann im Dunkel) is a 1930 German thriller film directed by Edmund Heuberger and starring Carl Auen, Edith Meinhard, and Siegfried Berisch. It was made as the sequel to the 1929 film ''Lux, King of Criminals''. ...

'' (1930), ''Pariser Unterwelt'' (1930) and ''Zweimal Lux'' (1930)

Cast

as Lux * Paul Michelo Kramer as Edgar von Allmen *

as José *

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as Rico *

Carla Bartheel Carla Bartheel (born Charlotte Franziska Johanna Barthel, 5 July 1902 – 28 December 1983) was a German film actress and photographer.Giesen p.200 Biography Carla Bartheel was born Charlotte Franziska Johanna Barthel on 5 July 1902. She took act ...

as Madeleine *

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as Carlotta *

Julius Falkenstein Julius Falkenstein (25 February 1879 – 9 December 1933) was a German stage and film actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 180 films between 1914 and 1933. Falkenstein was Jewish, but secured a special permit to continue making ...

Karl Harbacher Karl Harbacher (1879–1943) was an Austrian actor. Selected filmography * '' Miss Piccolo'' (1914) * '' No Sin on the Alpine Pastures'' (1915) * ''Fanny Elssler'' (1920) * '' Das blaue Duell'' (1920) * '' The Adventuress of Monte Carlo'' (1921) ...

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Hugo Werner-Kahle Hugo Werner-Kahle (5 August 1882 – 1 May 1961) was a German stage and film actor (and sporadically, a movie director). He appeared in around a hundred films during his career. Selected filmography * '' Midnight'' (1918) * '' The Bracelet'' (191 ...

References

Bibliography

* Alfred Krautz. ''International directory of cinematographers, set- and costume designers in film, Volume 4''. Saur, 1984.

External links

* 1929 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Edmund Heuberger German black-and-white films {{Germany-silent-film-stub