Swifter Than Death
{{short description|1925 film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Swifter Than Death
| image =File:Swifter Than Death.jpg
| caption =
| director = Harry Piel
Gérard Bourgeois
| producer =
| writer = Gérard Bourgeois
Edmund Heuberger
Herbert Nossen
Harry Piel
| starring = Harry Piel
Dary Holm
Denise Legeay
José Davert
| music =
| cinematography = Georg Muschner
Gotthardt Wolf
| editing =
| studio = Hape-Film
Gaumont
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1925|04|11|df=yes}}
| runtime = 97 minutes
| country = France
Germany
| language = {{ubl|Silent|German intertitles}}
| budget =
}}
Swifter Than Death (German: Schneller als der Tod, French: Face à la mort) is a 1925 French-Germany silent action film directed by Gérard Bourgeois and Harry Piel and starring Piel, Dary Holm, Denise Legeay and José Davert.Elsaesser & Wedel p.191 It was shot at the Cité Elgé Studios in Paris and on location in Munich and the Côte d'Azur. The film's sets were designed by the art director Fritz Kraenke .
Cast
- Harry Piel as Harry Piel
- Denise Legeay as Lizzie
- José Davert as Jack Brown
- Fred Berger as Éric Holsen
- Dary Holm as Christensen
- Marguerite Madys as Yvette Riccoldi
- Paul Guidé as Le duc de Frontignac
- Albert Paulig as L'éditeur Riccoldi
References
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Bibliography
- Elsaesser, Thomas & Wedel, Michael. The BFI companion to German cinema. British Film Institute, 1999.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0201608}}
Category:Films of the Weimar Republic
Category:French silent feature films
Category:German silent feature films
Category:Films directed by Harry Piel
Category:Gaumont (company) films
Category:Films shot at Cité Elgé Studios
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