Swifter Than Death

Swifter Than Death
Directed by	Harry Piel Gérard Bourgeois
Written by	Gérard Bourgeois Edmund Heuberger Herbert Nossen Harry Piel
Starring	Harry Piel Dary Holm Denise Legeay José Davert
Cinematography	Georg Muschner Gotthardt Wolf
Production companies	Hape-Film Gaumont
Release date	11 April 1925 (1925-04-11)
Running time	97 minutes
Countries	France Germany
Languages	Silent German intertitles

Swifter Than Death (German: Schneller als der Tod, French: Face à la mort) is a 1925 French-Germany silent action film directed by Gérard Bourgeois and Harry Piel and starring Piel, Dary Holm, Denise Legeay and José Davert.[1] It was shot at the Cité Elgé Studios in Paris and on location in Munich and the Côte d'Azur. The film's sets were designed by the art director Fritz Kraenke .

Cast

• Harry Piel as Harry Piel
• Denise Legeay as Lizzie
• José Davert as Jack Brown
• Fred Berger as Éric Holsen
• Dary Holm as Christensen
• Marguerite Madys as Yvette Riccoldi
• Paul Guidé as Le duc de Frontignac
• Albert Paulig as L'éditeur Riccoldi

References

1. Elsaesser & Wedel p.191

Bibliography

• Elsaesser, Thomas & Wedel, Michael. The BFI companion to German cinema. British Film Institute, 1999.

External links

• Swifter Than Death at IMDb