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The Joker (1928 film)

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The Joker
Official Poster from 1928 by Palle Wennerwald
GermanJokeren
Directed byGeorg Jacoby
Written byGeorg Jacoby
Jens Locher
Based onThe Joker by Noel Scott
StarringHenry Edwards
Elga Brink
Miles Mander
CinematographyPoul Eibye
Louis Larsen
Emil Schünemann
Music byWalter Ulfig
Production
company
Distributed byKinografen
Release date
  • 10 March 1928 (1928-03-10)
CountriesDenmark
Germany
LanguagesSilent
Danish intertitles

The Joker (Danish: Jokeren) is a 1928 Danish-German silent drama film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Henry Edwards, Elga Brink, Miles Mander and Renée Héribel. It is based upon the 1927 play The Joker by Noel Scott.[1] The film was also released under the German language title Der Faschingskönig (English: The King of the Carnival).[1]

It was shot at the Grunewald Studios in Berlin as well as on location in Nice. The film's sets were designed by the art director Willi Herrmann.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Jokeren". fakta om film. Det Danske Fiminstitut. Retrieved 31 August 2021.

Bibliography

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  • Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
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