''The Black Cover'' (german: Das schwarze Kuvert) is a 1922 German
silent film
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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 ...
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The film's
art direction
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was 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 ...
and
Albert Korell.
Cast
In alphabetical order
References
Bibliography
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External links
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1922 films
Films of the Weimar Republic
Films directed by Harry Piel
German silent feature films
German black-and-white films
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