''A Serious Case'' (german: Ein schwerer Fall) is a 1927 German silent

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directed by

Felix Basch Felix Basch (1885–1944) was an American- Austrian actor, screenwriter and film director. He first acted in Vienna, and he was a producer and director for the German film production company U. F. A. Following the Nazi takeover of power in G ...

and starring

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, Alfons Fryland, and Gyula Szöreghy. It was shot at the EFA Studios in

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

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* Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Felix Basch 1927 comedy films 1920s German-language films German black-and-white films Silent German comedy films 1920s German films Films shot at Halensee Studios {{Germany-silent-film-stub