''The Black Pierrot'' (german: Der schwarze Pierrot) is a 1926 German

silent film A silent film is a film with no synchronized Sound recording and reproduction, recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) ...

directed by and starring

Harry Piel Heinrich Piel (12 July 1892 – 27 March 1963), known professionally as Harry Piel, was a prolific German actor, film director, screenwriter, and film producer who was involved in over 150 films. Piel became a director in 1912, turning out such ...

.Bleckman p. 414 The film's sets were designed by the art director

Kurt Richter Kurt Paul Otto Joseph Richter (24 November 1900 – 29 December 1969) was a German chess International Master and chess writer. Chess achievements In 1922, Richter for the first time won the Berlin City Chess Championship. In 1928, he tie ...

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* 1926 films Films of the Weimar Republic Films directed by Harry Piel German silent feature films German black-and-white films Phoebus Film films {{Germany-silent-film-stub