''Circumstantial Evidence'' (German: ''Indizienbeweis'') is a 1929

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silent

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directed by

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and starring

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, Ruth Weyher, Valy Arnheim and Henry Edwards. It is based on the 1886 novel ''

Vendetta Vendetta may refer to: * Feud or vendetta, a long-running argument or fight Film * ''Vendetta'' (1919 film), a film featuring Harry Liedtke * ''Vendetta'' (1950 film), an American drama produced by Howard Hughes * ''Vendetta'' (1986 film), an ...

'' by

Marie Corelli Mary Mackay (1 May 185521 April 1924), also called Minnie Mackey, and known by her pseudonym Marie Corelli (, also , ), was an English novelist. From the appearance of her first novel '' A Romance of Two Worlds'' in 1886, she became the bestse ...

. Countess Romani grows bored of her life in Corsica and wishes to go elsewhere. It is also known by the

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''Vendetta''. It premiered on 15 February 1929.

Cast

* Ruth Weyher as Countess Romani * Olaf Fjord as Georges * Henry Edwards as Count Fabio Romani *

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as Maria Ferrat * Inge Landgut as Stella *

Hilde Jennings Hilde Jennings was a German film actress. She was married to Soviet Union film director Mikhail Iosifovich Dubson. Selected filmography * ''The Brigantine of New York'' (1924) * '' Oh Those Glorious Old Student Days'' (1925) * ''Poor Little Colo ...

as Zofe der Gräfin *

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as alter Diener *Félix P. Soler as Hassan Salem *

as Gerichtspräsident *Paul Nikolaus as Prosecutor * Max Neufeld as Defense lawyer *Otto Kronburger as Kommissar * Valy Arnheim as Detektiv * Karl Elzer as Oberkellner

References

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* Films of the Weimar Republic 1929 crime films German crime films German silent feature films Films directed by Georg Jacoby Films based on British novels Films based on works by Marie Corelli Films set in Corsica German black-and-white films 1920s German films 1920s German-language films {{1920s-Germany-film-stub