''The Face Removed'' (German: ''Das ausgeschnittene Gesicht'') is a 1920 German silent

crime film Crime film is a film belonging to the crime fiction genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and fiction. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as Drama (film and television), dr ...

directed by Franz Seitz and starring Carla Ferra and

Ernst Rückert Anton Ernst Rückert (20 December 1886 – 3 September 1945) was a German stage and film actor. Rückert began his theatre career in 1908 and has appeared on the stage in Bleicherode, Königsberg and Kiel, among others. In 1910 he took up an en ...

.Grange p.68 The film's sets were designed by the

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August Rinaldi.

Cast

* Carla Ferra as Estella *

Heinrich Peer Heinrich Peer (25 November 1867 – 13 May 1927) was an Austrian stage and film actor.Hardt p. 221 He appeared in around a hundred films during the silent era. Selected filmography * '' Where Is Coletti?'' (1913) * '' The Blue Mouse'' (1913) * ' ...

as Detective Fogg *

Max Weydner Max or MAX may refer to: Animals * Max (American dog) (1983–2013), at one time purported to be the world's oldest living dog * Max (British dog), the first pet dog to win the PDSA Order of Merit (animal equivalent of the OBE) * Max (gorilla) (1 ...

as Harry Davis

References

Bibliography

* Grange, William. ''Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic''. Scarecrow Press, 2008.

External links

* 1920 films Films of the Weimar Republic Films directed by Franz Seitz German silent feature films 1920 crime films German crime films German black-and-white films 1920s German films 1920s German-language films German-language crime films {{1920s-Germany-silent-crime-film-stub