---
title: 'Der rote Kreis (1929)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Frederic Zelnik'
released: '1929-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 109
genres:
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'Weimar Republic'
  - 'Germany'
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/der-rote-kreis-1929'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020345/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Der rote Kreis (1929)

1929 · 109 min · Crime · Weimar Republic, Germany, United Kingdom


## Synopsis

The Crimson Circle 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Frederic Zelnik](https://cinepixo.com/people/frederic-zelnik)
- **Producer:** [Frederic Zelnik](https://cinepixo.com/people/frederic-zelnik)
- **Screenplay:** [Fanny Carlsen](https://cinepixo.com/people/fanny-carlsen)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Edmund Meisel](https://cinepixo.com/people/edmund-meisel)
- **Director of Photography:** [Frederik Fuglsang](https://cinepixo.com/people/frederik-fuglsang)

## Cast

- [Stewart Rome](https://cinepixo.com/people/stewart-rome)
- [Fred Louis Lerch](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-louis-lerch)
- [Hugo Döblin](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugo-doblin)
- [Lya Mara](https://cinepixo.com/people/lya-mara)
- [Ilka Grüning](https://cinepixo.com/people/ilka-gruning)
- [Otto Treßler](https://cinepixo.com/people/otto-tre-ler)
- [Albert Steinrück](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-steinruck)
- [John Castle](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-castle)
- [Hans Albers](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-albers)
- [Bruno Ziener](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruno-ziener)
- [Otto Wallburg](https://cinepixo.com/people/otto-wallburg)

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