Hans in Every Street
1930 German crime film by Carl Froelich
Hans in Every Street (German: Hans in allen Gassen) is a 1930 German crime film directed by Carl Froelich and starring Hans Albers, Camilla Horn, and Betty Amann. A separate French-language version was also released.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Franz Schroedter.
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Bibliography
Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.
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