''The Grey Magpie'' (german: link=no, Die graue Elster) is a 1920 German silent mystery film directed by

Max Obal Max Obal (born Max David Gotthelf Sroke; 4 September 1881 – 18 May 1949) was a German actor, singer, screenwriter, and film director. He co-directed the 1927 swashbuckler '' Rinaldo Rinaldini'' featuring Hans Albers.Grange p.251 Selected filmog ...

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 Kingdom of ...

as the detective

Stuart Webbs Stuart Webbs was a fictional detective who appeared in a series of German films and serials during the silent era. Webbs was one of a number of detectives with English-sounding names to appear in German cinema of the era. Like his contemporaries s ...

, part of a long-running series featuring the character.Rainey p.230

Cast

In alphabetical order * Paul Bergson as Dr. Maxen *

Anneliese Halbe Anneliese (, ) is a female given name of either German, Dutch or Nordic origin. It is a compound form of "Anna" and "Liese", a short form of " Elisabeth". It may refer to: * Anneliese Bauer, East German slalom canoer who competed in the late 195 ...

as Frau Birnsen * Grete Jakobsen as Setty, genannt 'die graue Elster' * H. Link as Bankdirektor Birnsen *

as Stuart Webbs * Robert Stöckel as Briks

References

Bibliography

* Rainey, Buck. ''Serials and Series: A World Filmography, 1912-1956''. McFarland, 2015.

External links

* 1920 films Films of the Weimar Republic Films directed by Max Obal German silent feature films German mystery films German black-and-white films 1920 mystery films Silent mystery films 1920s German films {{mystery-film-stub