''The Secret of the Scaffold'' (German: ''Das Geheimnis des Schafotts'') is a 1919 German silent

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directed by

Eugen Burg Eugen Burg (6 January 1871 – 17 April 1944) was a German actor. His daughter was Hansi Burg. Burg was a close friend of the actor Hans Albers. Burg was born Eugen Hirschburg into a Jewish family, but later converted to Protestantism. He was ba ...

. The film's sets were designed by the

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Mathieu Oostermann.

Main cast

* Oskar Marion * Wanda Treumann

References

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* 1919 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Eugen Burg German crime drama films 1919 crime drama films German black-and-white films Films based on short fiction German historical drama films 1910s historical drama films Silent crime drama films 1910s German films Adaptations of works by Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam 1910s German-language films German-language historical drama films {{1910s-Germany-film-stub