Behind the Altar

{{short description|1927 film}}

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{{Infobox film

| name =Behind the Altar

| image = Behind the Altar.jpg

| caption =

| director = {{ubl|Julius Brandt|William Dieterle}}

| producer = William Dieterle

| writer = William Dieterle

| narrator =

| starring = {{ubl|William Dieterle|Marcella Albani|Alfred Gerasch}}

| music =

| editing =

| cinematography = {{ubl|Otto Martini|Erich Nitzschmann|Giovanni Vitrotti}}

| studio = Charha-Film

| distributor = Deutsch-Nordische Film-Union

| released = {{film date|1927|12|8|df=y}}

| runtime =

| country = Germany

| language = {{ubl|Silent|German intertitles}}

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| gross =

}}

Behind the Altar or The Secret of Abbe X ({{langx|de|Das Geheimnis des Abbe X}}) is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Julius Brandt and William Dieterle and starring Dieterle, Marcella Albani, and Alfred Gerasch.Bock & Bergfelder p. 90

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Erich Grave and Ernst Stern.