The Crimson Circle (1929 film)

The Crimson Circle
Directed byFrederic Zelnik
Written by
Based onnovel The Crimson Circle by Edgar Wallace
Starring
Cinematography
Music byEdmund Meisel
Production
companies
Distributed byDeutsche Film Union (Germany)
Release date
  • 25 March 1929 (1929-03-25) (Berlin)
Countries
  • Great Britain
  • Germany
LanguagesSound (Part-Talkie)
English Intertitles

The Crimson Circle (German: Der rote Kreis) is a 1929 British-German sound part-talkie crime film directed by Frederic Zelnik and starring Lya Mara, Fred Louis Lerch, and Stewart Rome. In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects along with English intertitles. The sound was recorded via the De Forest Phonofilm sound-on-film process. The film is an adaptation of the 1922 Edgar Wallace novel The Crimson Circle in which Scotland Yard detectives battle a gang of blackmailers. A previous UK version was filmed in 1922.

The film, a co-production between British International Pictures and Efzet Film. In March 1929, this film and The Clue of the New Pin, filmed in the British Phototone sound-on-disc process, were previewed in London.[1] As with most early sound films, a silent version was edited down from the sound version for release to theatres that had not yet converted to sound.

Synopsis

Scotland Yard officers battle against a gang of blackmailers known as The Crimson Circle.

Cast

See also

References

  1. ^ "BFI | Film & TV Database | The CRIMSON CIRCLE (1929)". ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. 18 January 2009. Archived from the original on 18 January 2009. Retrieved 15 March 2024.


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