''The Hotel of the Dead'' (German: ''Das tote Hotel'') is a 1921

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silent

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directed by Martin Hartwig and starring

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, Fritz Beckmann and

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. It premiered in

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on 13 August 1921.

Cast

as Senator Petersen *Fritz Beckman as Lindholm *

*Lya Sellin as Inge * Gertrude W. Hoffman as Dama *Alfred Schmasow as Gefängniswärter *

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as Schneider *Alexander Areuss as Olaf *Danny Guertler as Peer *Adele Hartwig as Senator Petersen *Bernecke Heinz as Jens *Paul Voissel as Carl

References

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* Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films German thriller films Films directed by Martin Hartwig German black-and-white films 1920s thriller films Silent thriller films 1920s German films {{Thriller-film-stub