The Great Unknown (1927 film)

The Great Unknown (German:Der große Unbekannte) is a 1927 German silent crime film directed by Manfred Noa and starring Jack Trevor, Arthur Kraußneck and Andrée Lafayette. It is based on a novel by Edgar Wallace.^[1]

The Great Unknown
Directed by	Manfred Noa
Written by	Edgar Wallace (novel) Herbert Juttke Georg C. Klaren
Starring	Jack Trevor Arthur Kraußneck Andrée Lafayette
Cinematography	Franz Planer
Music by	Hans May
Production company	Noa-Film
Distributed by	Bavaria Film
Release date	17 November 1927 (1927-11-17)
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent German intertitles

The film's sets were designed by the art director Karl Machus. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich.

Cast

• Jack Trevor as Major Paul Roy Amery
• Arthur Kraußneck as Maurice Tarn
• Andrée Lafayette as Else Marlowe, Tarns Mündel
• Eugen Neufeld as Inspektor Wille von Scotland Yard
• Ernst Reicher as Polizeikommissar Bickerson
• Evi Eva as Jessie Damm
• Nien Soen Ling as Feng Ho
• John Loder as Dr. Ralf Hallam
• Kurt Gerron as Bankier Tupperwill
• Sig Arno as Mauropolus
• Hugo Werner-Kahle as Mr. Damm, Jessies Vater
• Ruth Weyher