''The Onyx Head'' (German: ''Der Onyxknopf'') is a 1917 German
silent crime film directed by
Joe May
Joe May (born Joseph Otto Mandl; 7 November 1880 – 29 April 1954) was an Austrian film director and film producer and one of the pioneers of German cinema.
Biography
After studying in Berlin and a variety of odd jobs, he began his career as ...
and starring
Max Landa
Max Landa ( be, Макс Ландаў; 24 April 1873 – 8 November 1933; born Max Landau) was a Russian-born Austrian silent film and stage actor.
Career
Landa attended the Handelsakademie (commercial academy) in Vienna and took classes with a ...
,
Bruno Kastner
Richard Otto Bruno Kastner (January 1890Different sources cite 1 January, 3 January, 20 January, and 30 January as Kastner's date of birth. – 30 June 1932) was a German stage and film actor, screenwriter, and film producer whose career was most ...
and
Leopoldine Konstantin
Leopoldine Konstantin (born Leopoldine Eugenie Amelie Konstanti; 12 March 1886 – 14 December 1965) was an Austrian actress. She played in Frank Wedekind's ''Spring Awakening'' (1907), Shakespeare's ''Romeo and Juliet'' (1907), ''A Winter's Tal ...
.
It was part of a series of
Joe Deebs detective films.
The film's sets were designed by the
art director Uwe Jens Krafft.
Cast
In alphabetical order
*
Hugo Flink
Hugo Flink (16 August 1879 – 2 May 1947) was an Austrian stage and film actor. Flink was one of the earliest actors to play Sherlock Holmes on screen.
Flink was born in Vienna and died in Berlin.
Selected filmography
* '' The Onyx Head'' (1 ...
*
Bruno Kastner
Richard Otto Bruno Kastner (January 1890Different sources cite 1 January, 3 January, 20 January, and 30 January as Kastner's date of birth. – 30 June 1932) was a German stage and film actor, screenwriter, and film producer whose career was most ...
*
Leopoldine Konstantin
Leopoldine Konstantin (born Leopoldine Eugenie Amelie Konstanti; 12 March 1886 – 14 December 1965) was an Austrian actress. She played in Frank Wedekind's ''Spring Awakening'' (1907), Shakespeare's ''Romeo and Juliet'' (1907), ''A Winter's Tal ...
as Geliebte von Deebs
*
Max Landa
Max Landa ( be, Макс Ландаў; 24 April 1873 – 8 November 1933; born Max Landau) was a Russian-born Austrian silent film and stage actor.
Career
Landa attended the Handelsakademie (commercial academy) in Vienna and took classes with a ...
as Joe Deebs
*
Rudolf Lettinger
Rudolf Lettinger (26 October 1865 in Hamburg – 21 March 1937 in Berlin-Schöneberg) was a German stage and film actor. He made his stage debut in 1883 when he played the role of Kosinsky in Friedrich Schiller's drama ''The Robbers''. Some of ...
*Eva Maria
*
Fritz Schulz
References
External links
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Films of the German Empire
German silent feature films
Films directed by Joe May
German crime films
1917 crime films
German black-and-white films
1910s German films
1910s German-language films
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