''The Daredevil Reporter'' (German: ''Der Teufelsreporter'') is a 1929 German silent

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directed by

Ernst Laemmle Ernst Laemmle (1900–1950) was a German screenwriter and film director. He was the nephew of Universal Pictures founder Carl Laemmle and like many of his relatives he was brought over to America to work for the studio. Ernst directed a number of ...

and starring Eddie Polo,

Gritta Ley Gritta Ley was a German film actress of the silent era.Goble p.484 Selected filmography * ''The Marriage Nest'' (1927) * ''Girls, Beware!'' (1928) * ''The Criminal of the Century'' (1928) * '' Autumn on the Rhine'' (1928) * ''The Lady from Argent ...

and

Maria Forescu Maria Forescu (15 January 1875 28 October 1947) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian opera singer and film actress. During the silent and talkies era of the German cinema, she appeared in several movies as a supporting actress. When Adolf Hitl ...

. It was the first credited

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.Smedley p.121 The film was made by the German subsidiary of

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. The sets were designed by

Gustav A. Knauer Gustav A. Knauer (1886–1950) was a German art director.Gemünden p.171 He designed the sets of more than a hundred films during his career. Selected filmography * '' The White Roses of Ravensberg'' (1919) * '' The Flight into Marriage'' (1922) ...

and

Willy Schiller Willy Schiller (11 August 1899 – 17 July 1973) was a German art director.Allan & Sandford p.3 In the later part of his career he worked for DEFA, the East German state-controlled film studio. Selected filmography * ''Radio Magic'' (1927) * ''T ...

Cast

* Eddie Polo as Reporter *

as Bessie *

as Madame Lourdier * Robert Garrison as Jonas * Fred Grosser as Maxe

References

Bibliography

* Smedley, Nick. ''A Divided World: Hollywood Cinema and Emigré Directors in the Era of Roosevelt and Hitler, 1933-1948''. Intellect Books, 2011.

External links

* 1929 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Ernst Laemmle 1920s thriller films German thriller films Films about journalists German black-and-white films Universal Pictures films Silent thriller films 1920s German films {{thriller-film-stub