The Circle of Death
1922 film directed by William Karfiol
The Circle of Death (German: Der Todesreigen) is a 1922 German silent drama film directed by William Karfiol and starring Johannes Riemann, Olga Chekhova and Albert Steinrück.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Siegfried Wroblewsky.
Cast
Johannes Riemann as Leonid Lowitsch Rumin
Olga Chekhova as Olga Petrowna
Albert Steinrück as Lebedow, Reitknecht
Hans Adalbert Schlettow as Konstantin Chrenow
Fritz Kampers as Leo Maximow
Rudolf Del Zopp
Lilly Eisenlohr
Olga Engl
Ida Fane
Maria Forescu
Eduard Koffler
Robert Leffler
Clementine Plessner
Paul Rehkopf
Robert C. Rohde
Hedwig Schröder
Sylvia Torf
References
Bibliography
Grange, William. Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic. Scarecrow Press, 2008.
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