''The Man in the Dark'' (german: Der Mann im Dunkel) is a 1930 German

thriller film Thriller film, also known as suspense film or suspense thriller, is a broad film genre that evokes excitement and suspense in the audience. The suspense element found in most films' plots is particularly exploited by the filmmaker in this genre ...

directed by

Edmund Heuberger Edmund Heuberger (1883–1962) was a Swiss art director, screenwriter and film director.Goble p.387 Selected filmography Screenwriter * ''The Man Without Nerves'' (1924) * ''The Fake Emir'' (1924) * ''A Dangerous Game (1924 film), A Dangerous Gam ...

and starring Carl Auen,

Edith Meinhard Edith Meinhard was a German actress who appeared in more than fifty films during her career including the 1929 film ''Diary of a Lost Girl''. Life and Work Little is known about Edith Meinhard, although in the 1930s she was one of the busiest ac ...

, and Siegfried Berisch. It was made as the sequel to the 1929 film ''

Lux, King of Criminals ''Lux, King of Criminals'' (German: ''Lux, der König der Verbrecher'') is a 1929 German silent film directed by Edmund Heuberger and starring Carl Auen, Paul Michelo Kramer and Fred Immler.Krautz p.72 The film's sets were designed by the art ...

''. The film's sets were designed by the

art director Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...

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 ...

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* 1930 films 1930s thriller films German thriller films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Edmund Heuberger German sequel films German black-and-white films Silent thriller films 1930s German films {{1930s-thriller-film-stub