A 1926 German silent drama adapted from a novel, notable for its survival and international release.
The project begins with the adaptation of Georg Mühlen-Schulte's novel. Director Lothar Mendes is brought on board to helm the silent drama production.
Key talent including Lillian Hall-Davis, Nina Vanna, and Nils Asther are cast. Art director Hans Jacoby designs the film sets.
The film debuts at Berlin's Gloria-Palast on May 25, 1926. It subsequently crosses the Atlantic for a US release by Paramount Pictures.
The movie secures its place in cinema history by surviving the decades. It stands as a preserved exception among Mendes' otherwise lost works.
Lord Ernest Clifton lives with his beautiful wife, Gladys, at Easton Lodge. He has lost immense wealth in the lap of his uncle's death. One day Lord Clifton receives a mysterious package with an even more mysterious letter from his uncle. Three cuckoo clocks that strike only once a month should show him the way to find the second part of the pot of gold buried somewhere. Ernest's thirst for adventure only awakens and waits for the first cuckoo clock to mark the room number of a hotel in Cairo, where the second cuckoo clock hangs.
Lothar Mendes
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