The Duty to Remain Silent

{{short description|1928 film}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = The Duty to Remain Silent

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| director = Carl Wilhelm

| producer =

| writer = {{ubl|Friedrich Werner van Oestéren (novel)|Alexander Alexander|Carl Wilhelm}}

| narrator =

| starring = {{ubl|Marcella Albani|Vivian Gibson|Angelo Ferrari|Charlotte Susa}}

| music = Paul Dessau

| editing =

| cinematography = Franz Planer

| studio = Ama-Film

| distributor = Ama-Film

| released = {{Film date|1928|02|08|df=yes}}

| runtime =

| country = Germany

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

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The Duty to Remain Silent (German: Die Pflicht zu schweigen) is a 1928 German silent drama film directed by Carl Wilhelm and starring Marcella Albani, Vivian Gibson, Angelo Ferrari. It was based on a novel by Friedrich Werner van Oestéren. The film's art direction was by Max Heilbronner. It premiered on 8 February 1928.Grange p.277