The Shot in the Pavilion (German: ) is a 1925 German silent mystery film directed by Max Obal and starring Ernst Reicher, Margarete Schlegel and Helena Makowska.Grange p.205 It features the popular detective character Stuart Webbs who appeared in a number of silent films. It was made at the Emelka Studios in Munich and released by Bavaria Film. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ludwig Reiber.
Synopsis A very valuable pearl necklace is leant by a museum in order to be warn by a prima ballerina for a performance at the city's opera house. Despite the extensive security precautions she is discovered murdered and the pearls have vanished. The private detective Stuart Webbs is called onto the case. His suspicions turn to the museum director whose financial difficulties may have made him susceptible to talking part in the theft and murder.
Cast Ernst Reicher as Stuart Webbs, Detektiv Margarete Schlegel Helena Makowska Josef Berger Friedl Haerlin Georg Henrich Manfred Koempel-Pilot Ferdinand Martini Siegfried Raabe
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Bibliography Grange, William. Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic. Scarecrow Press, 2008.
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