''The Ravine of Death'' or ''Cage of Death'' (German:''Die Schlucht des Todes'') is a 1923 German silent

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directed by Luciano Albertini, Albert-Francis Bertoni and

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. It starred Albertini, Lya De Putti and

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.Bock & Bergfelder p.83

Cast

* Luciano Albertini as Manuelo - cowboy * Lya De Putti as Rosita - his wife *

as Baron Alleardi * Heinz Sarnow as Count Giani * Gertrude Hoffman as Countess Gabriela

References

Bibliography

* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

* 1923 films Films of the Weimar Republic Films directed by Max Obal German silent feature films German thriller films German black-and-white films 1920s thriller films Phoebus Film films Silent thriller films 1920s German films {{thriller-film-stub