''The Closed Chain'' (german: Die geschlossene Kette) is a 1920 German
silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized Sound recording and reproduction, recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) ...
directed by
Paul L. Stein and starring
Pola Negri
Pola Negri (; born Apolonia Chalupec ; 3 January 1897 – 1 August 1987) was a Polish stage and film actress and singer. She achieved worldwide fame during the silent and golden eras of Hollywood and European film for her tragedienne and femm ...
,
Aud Egede-Nissen
Aud Egede-Nissen (30 May 1893 – 15 November 1974) was a Norwegian actress, director and producer. She appeared in many early 20th-century German silent films.
Early life
Born in Bergen, Norway in 1893, Egede-Nissen was a daughter of Norwegi ...
, and
Carl Ebert
Carl Anton Charles Ebert (20 February 1887 – 14 May 1980), was an actor, stage director and arts administrator.
Ebert's early career was as an actor, training under Max Reinhardt and becoming one of the leading actors in his native Germany duri ...
.
The film's sets were designed by the
art director
Cast
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1920 films
Films of the Weimar Republic
German silent feature films
Films directed by Paul L. Stein
German black-and-white films
UFA GmbH films
1920s German films
Silent drama films
German drama films
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