''The Armoured Vault'' (german: Das Panzergewölbe) 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
Lupu Pick
Lupu Pick (2 January 1886 – 7 March 1931) was a German actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter of the silent era. He appeared in 50 films between 1910 and 1928.
Born in Romania, Pick's father was a Jewish Austrian,Hans Morgenst ...
and starring
Ernst Reicher
Ernst Reicher (19 September 1885 – 1 May 1936) was a German-Jewish actor, screenwriter, film producer and film director of the silent era.
Biography
His father was the actor Emanuel Reicher, born in Galicia, then part of the Kingd ...
,
Johannes Riemann
Johannes Riemann (31 May 1888 – 30 September 1959) was a German actor and film director. Riemann was a member of the Nazi Party.Ernst Klee (2007) ''Das Personenlexikon zum Dritten Reich: Wer war was vor und nach 1945''. Fischer-Taschenbuch-Ver ...
, and
Mary Nolan
Mary Nolan (born Mariam Imogene Robertson; December 18, 1902 – October 31, 1948) was an American stage and film actress, singer and dancer. She began her career as a Ziegfeld girl in the 1920s performing under the stage name Imogene "Bubble ...
.
[Thomson p. 113] It was part of a popular series featuring the detective character
Stuart Webbs, and a remake of an earlier film ''
The Armoured Vault'' directed by
Joe May
Joe May (born Joseph Otto Mandl; 7 November 1880 – 29 April 1954) was an Austrian film director and film producer and one of the pioneers of German cinema.
Biography
After studying in Berlin and a variety of odd jobs, he began his career as ...
in 1914.
The film's sets were designed by
Rudi Feld
Rudi Feld (1896–1994) was a German art director and set designer who worked for many years in the United States.
Germany
Feld was born Rudi Feilchenfeld in Berlin, the elder brother of the actor Fritz Feld. He served in the German army during ...
. It was shot at the
Staaken Studios in
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 ...
.
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1926 films
Films of the Weimar Republic
Films directed by Lupu Pick
German silent feature films
UFA GmbH films
German thriller films
German black-and-white films
1920s thriller films
Films shot at Staaken Studios
Remakes of German films
Silent thriller films
1920s German films
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