After the Verdict (film)
After the Verdict | |
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Directed by | Henrik Galeen |
Written by | Robert Hichens (novel) Alma Reville |
Produced by | I.W. Schlesinger |
Starring | Olga Tschechowa Warwick Ward Betty Carter Malcolm Tod |
Cinematography | Theodor Sparkuhl |
Production company | |
Distributed by | British Independent Film Distributors |
Release date | January 1929 |
Running time | 9,370 feet[1] |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
After the Verdict is a 1929 British silent drama film directed by Henrik Galeen and starring Olga Tschechowa and Warwick Ward. In the film, an aristocrat is accused of murdering his lover. It was based on the 1924 novel of the same title by Robert Hichens. It was made as an independent film at British International Pictures' Elstree Studios. It is now considered a lost film. It was Galeen's penultimate film as a director, after returning to Germany he directed the thriller The House of Dora Green (1933).
Cast
- Olga Tschechowa as Vivian Denys
- Warwick Ward as Oliver Baratrie
- Betty Carter as Mrs. Sabine
- Malcolm Tod as Jim Gordon
- Ivo Dawson as Vivian's father
- Daisy Campbell as Vivian's mother
- Winter Hall as Lord Dartry
- Annie Esmond as Lady Cardridge
- A.B. Imeson as Coroner
- Henry Victor as Mr. Sabine
References
- ^ Low p.327
Bibliography
- Low, Rachael. History of the British Film, 1918-1929. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.