Der Würger
director:
Géza von Bolváry
playwright:
Angus MacPhail
actor:
Carlyle Blackwell
/
Benita Hume
/
Joseph Striker
/
Winter Hall
/
Gordon Harker
…
genre:
Crime
/
Drama
length: 1h 14m
release date:
1929-07-16
(Release)
IMDb: tt0017578
overview
The Wrecker is a British film that tells the story of a crook who organises train crashes to discredit the railway, in favour of a rival bus company. The stunts in this film were groundbreaking for 1920s British cinema A scene wich has been discribed as "the most spectacular rail crash in cinema history" was recorded by 22 cameras.