''Night of Mystery'' (German: ''Rätsel einer Nacht'') is a 1927 German silent

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directed by

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and starring

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, and

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.Bock & Bergfelder p.363 It was shot at the Staaken Studios in

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

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Cast

as Herry Debus, ein Sportsmann *

as Komtesse Elga Almen *

as Graf Egar von Almen *

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as Prof. Bieler, Leiter einer Nervenanstalt *

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as Bodo Donnersheim * Charly Berger as Der Schatten *

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* Ilse Herzberg *

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* Lotte Fritsch * Friedrich Berger * Marianne Stanior *

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References

Bibliography

* Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. ''The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

* 1927 films 1920s thriller films German thriller films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Harry Piel Bavaria Film films Nero-Film films Films shot at Staaken Studios Silent thriller films 1920s German films 1920s German-language films {{thriller-film-stub