The Crimson Circle (1929 film)

(Redirected from Der rote Kreis (1929 film)) 1929 film by Frederic Zelnik

The Crimson Circle

Directed by	Frederic Zelnik
Written by	Fanny Carlsen Howard Caye
Based on	novel The Crimson Circle by Edgar Wallace
Starring	Lya Mara Fred Louis Lerch Stewart Rome
Cinematography	Frederik Fuglsang Leslie Rowson
Music by	Edmund Meisel
Production companies	British International Pictures British Sound Film Productions Efzet Film
Distributed by	Deutsche Film Union (Germany)
Release date	25 March 1929 (1929-03-25) (Berlin)
Countries	Great Britain Germany
Languages	Sound (Part-Talkie) English Intertitles

The Crimson Circle (German: Der rote Kreis) is a 1929 British-German sound part-talkie crime film directed by Frederic Zelnik and starring Lya Mara, Fred Louis Lerch, and Stewart Rome. In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects along with English intertitles. The sound was recorded via the De Forest Phonofilm sound-on-film process. The film is an adaptation of the 1922 Edgar Wallace novel The Crimson Circle in which Scotland Yard detectives battle a gang of blackmailers. A previous UK version was filmed in 1922.

The film, a co-production between British International Pictures and Efzet Film. In March 1929, this film and The Clue of the New Pin, filmed in the British Phototone sound-on-disc process, were previewed in London. As with most early sound films, a silent version was edited down from the sound version for release to theatres that had not yet converted to sound.

Synopsis

Scotland Yard officers battle against a gang of blackmailers known as The Crimson Circle.

Cast

Lya Mara as Thalia Drummond
Fred Louis Lerch as Jack Birdmore
Stewart Rome as Derrick Yale
Albert Steinrück as Froyant
John Castle as Inspektor Parr
Otto Wallburg as Marl
Hans Albers as Diener von Marl
Hans Marlow as Birdmore
Otto Treßler as Ministerpräsident
Ilka Grüning as Eine Vermieterin
Annie Ann as Milly
Bruno Ziener as Kriminalkommissar
Hugo Döblin as Pfandleiher
Ria Weber as Zofe

References

"BFI | Film & TV Database | The CRIMSON CIRCLE (1929)". ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. 18 January 2009. Archived from the original on 18 January 2009. Retrieved 15 March 2024.

External links

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The films of Frederic Zelnik

His Majesty the Hypochondriac (1918)
The Heiress of the Count of Monte Cristo (1919)
Charlotte Corday (1919)
Kri-Kri, the Duchess of Tarabac (1920)
Anna Karenina (1920)
Fanny Elssler (1920)
Count Varenne's Lover (1921)
Trix, the Romance of a Millionairess (1921)
The Girl from Piccadilly (1921)
Miss Beryll (1921)
Memoirs of a Film Actress (1921)
Count Festenberg (1922)
Napoleon's Daughter (1922)
Insulted and Humiliated (1922)
The Mistress of the King (1922)
Yvette, the Fashion Princess (1922)
The Marriage of Princess Demidoff (1922)
Tania, the Woman in Chains (1922)
Lyda Ssanin (1923)
The Men of Sybill (1923)
The Girl from Hell (1923)
Resurrection (1923)
Daisy (1923)
Irene of Gold (1923)
The Girl from Capri (1924)
The Mistress of Monbijou (1924)
Marionettes of the Princess (1924)
The Sailor Perugino (1924)
Nelly, the Bride Without a Husband (1924)
By Order of Pompadour (1924)
Athletes (1925)
Women You Rarely Greet (1925)
The Venus of Montmartre (1925)
Letters Which Never Reached Him (1925)
The Bohemian Dancer (1926)
The Mill at Sanssouci (1926)
The Blue Danube (1926)
Fadette (1926)
The Violet Eater (1926)
The Weavers (1927)
Dancing Vienna (1927)
The Gypsy Baron (1927)
Mariett Dances Today (1928)
Mary Lou (1928)
My Heart is a Jazz Band (1929)
The Crimson Circle (1929)
Everyone Asks for Erika (1931)
The Forester's Daughter (1931)
The Dancer of Sanssouci (1932)
Happy (1933)
The Emperor's Waltz (1933)
Southern Roses (1936)
The Lilac Domino (1937)
Daddy Long Legs (1938)
Tomorrow It Will Be Better (1939)
I Killed the Count (1939)

Edgar Wallace

Novels

The Four Just Men (1905)
Angel Esquire (1908)
The Council of Justice (1908)
Captain Tatham (1909)
The Duke in the Suburbs (1909)
The Nine Bears (1910)
Private Selby (1912)
The Fourth Plague (1913)
Grey Timothy (1913)
The River of Stars (1913)
The Man Who Bought London (1915)
The Melody of Death (1915)
A Debt Discharged (1916)
The Tomb of Ts'in (1916)
The Just Men of Cordova (1917)
The Secret House (1917)
The Clue of the Twisted Candle (1918)
Down Under Donovan (1918)
The Man Who Knew (1918)
Those Folk of Bulboro (1918)
The Green Rust (1919)
Kate Plus Ten (1919)
The Daffodil Mystery (1920)
Jack O'Judgment (1920)
The Book of All Power (1921)
The Law of the Four Just Men (1921)
The Angel of Terror (1922)
The Crimson Circle (1922)
The Flying Fifty-Five (1922)
Mr. Justice Maxell (1922)
The Valley of Ghosts (1922)
The Clue of the New Pin (1923)
The Green Archer (1923)
The Missing Million (1923)
The Dark Eyes of London (1924)
Double Dan (1924)
The Face in the Night (1924)
Room 13 (1924)
The Sinister Man (1924)
The Three Oak Mystery (1924)
Blue Hand (1925)
The Fellowship of the Frog (1925)
The Mind of Mr. J. G. Reeder (1925)
The Strange Countess (1925)
The Three Just Men (1925)
The Avenger (1926)
Barbara on Her Own (1926)
The Black Abbot (1926)
The Northing Tramp (1926)
The Terrible People (1926)
The Yellow Snake (1926)
The Big Foot (1927)
Terror Keep (1927)
The Traitor's Gate (1927)
The Squeaker (1927)
The Forger (1927)
Again the Three (1928)
The Gunner (1928)
Four Square Jane (1929)
The Green Ribbon (1929)
The India-Rubber Men (1929)
The Calendar (1930)
The Clue of the Silver Key (1930)
The Lady of Ascot (1930)
The Man at the Carlton (1931)
The Guv'nor and Other Short Stories (1932)

Plays

An African Millionaire (1904)
M'Lady (1921)
Double Dan (1927)
The Terror (1927)
The Man Who Changed His Name (1928)
The Calendar (1929)
Persons Unknown (1929)
On the Spot (1930)
The Mouthpiece (1930)
Smoky Cell (1930)
The Old Man (1931)

Screenplays

Adaptations

J. G. Reeder	Mr. Reeder in Room 13 (1938) The Mind of Mr. Reeder (1939) The Missing People (1940) The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder (1969, TV series)
The Four Just Men	The Four Just Men (1921) The Four Just Men (1939) The Four Just Men (1959, TV series)
Edgar Wallace Mysteries	Urge to Kill (1960) Clue of the Twisted Candle (1960) The Malpas Mystery (1960) Marriage of Convenience (1960) The Clue of the New Pin (1961) Man at the Carlton Tower (1961) The Fourth Square (1961) Man Detained (1961) Attempt to Kill (1961) Clue of the Silver Key (1961) Never Back Losers (1961) Partners in Crime (1961) The Sinister Man (1961) Time to Remember (1962) Playback (1962) Solo for Sparrow (1962) Locker Sixty-Nine (1962) Incident at Midnight (1963) Return to Sender (1963) Ricochet (1963) Accidental Death (1963) Five to One (1963) The Verdict (1964) We Shall See (1964) Act of Murder (1964) Change Partners (1965)
Rialto Films	Der Frosch mit der Maske (1959) The Crimson Circle (1960) The Avenger (1960) The Terrible People (1960) The Green Archer (1961) The Dead Eyes of London (1961) The Devil's Daffodil (1961) The Forger of London (1961) The Strange Countess (1961) The Puzzle of the Red Orchid (1962) The Door with Seven Locks (1962) The Inn on the River (1962) The Curse of the Yellow Snake (1963) The Squeaker (1963) The Black Abbot (1963) The Indian Scarf (1963) Room 13 (1964) The Curse of the Hidden Vault (1964) Der Hexer (1964) The Traitor's Gate (1964) Neues vom Hexer (1965) The Sinister Monk (1965) The Hunchback of Soho (1966) The Trygon Factor (1966) Creature with the Blue Hand (1967) The Monk with the Whip (1967) The Hound of Blackwood Castle (1968) Im Banne des Unheimlichen (1968) The Gorilla of Soho (1968) Double Face (1969) The Man with the Glass Eye (1969) The Body in the Thames (1971)
Other	The Man Who Bought London (1916) The Green Terror (1919) Pallard the Punter (1919) Angel Esquire (1919) Wanted at Headquarters (1920) The River of Stars (1921) The Crimson Circle (1922) Down Under Donovan (1922) Melody of Death (1922) The Diamond Man (1924) The Flying Fifty-Five (1924) The Green Archer (1925 serial) The Great Unknown (1927) The Terror (1928) Mark of the Frog (1928 serial) Chick (1928) The Forger (1928) The Terrible People (1928 serial) The Ringer (1928) The Man Who Changed His Name (1928) The Flying Squad (1929) The Crimson Circle (1929) The Clue of the New Pin (1929) Red Aces (1930) The Squeaker (1930) The Yellow Mask (1930) The Ringer (1931) To Oblige a Lady (1931) The Calendar (1931) The Old Man (1931) The Squeaker (1931) The Flying Squad (1932) The Frightened Lady (1932) The Ringer (1932) The Menace (1932) White Face (1932) Giallo (1933) The Jewel (1933) Before Dawn (1933) The Double (1934) Mystery Liner (1934) The Green Pack (1934) The Feathered Serpent (1934) The Lad (1935) Sanders of the River (1935) Born to Gamble (1935) Chick (1936) Educated Evans (1936) The Crimson Circle (1936) Prison Breaker (1936) Strangers on Honeymoon (1936) The Frog (1937) The Squeaker (1937) The Gaunt Stranger (1938) Dangerous to Know (1938) Kate Plus Ten (1938) Thank Evans (1938) The Terror (1938) The Return of the Frog (1938) Flying Fifty-Five (1939) The Dark Eyes of London (1939) The Case of the Frightened Lady (1940) The Door with Seven Locks (1940) The Flying Squad (1940) The Green Archer (1940 serial) The Missing Million (1942) The Calendar (1948) The Ringer (1952) The Avenger (1960) Death Drums Along the River (1963) Coast of Skeletons (1964) Circus of Fear (1966) Five Golden Dragons (1967) The Devil Came from Akasava (1970) The Bloodstained Butterfly (1971) What Have You Done to Solange? (1972) Seven Blood-Stained Orchids (1972)
Television	Educated Evans (1957–58) The Mixer (1992)

Family

Mary Jane Richards (mother)
Marriott Edgar (half-brother)
Bryan Edgar Wallace (son)

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