A Scarlet Angel

A Scarlet Angel

A Scarlet Angel

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A Scarlet Angel

1922

1h 17m

8.5(2 votes)

Crime

Romance

Drama

Overview

The criminal couple Louise Kent and Charles Zukor stages a coup in the luxury restaurant Oriental. In the midst of a dance number goes suddenly all the lights out. In the confusion that arises one of the elegant guests is deprived of her jewelry.

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SF Studios

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Gösta Ekman

Gösta Ekman

Henry Warden

Pauline Brunius

Pauline Brunius

Louise Kent

Karen Winther

Karen Winther

Elsie Campbell

Vilhelm Bryde

Vilhelm Bryde

Charles Zukor

Jenny Tschernichin-Larsson

Jenny Tschernichin-Larsson

Carl Browallius

Carl Browallius

Justus Hagman

Justus Hagman

Nils Lundell

Nils Lundell

Edvin Adolphson

Edvin Adolphson

Gerda Ström

Creative team

Directed by: John W. Brunius
Written by: John W. Brunius
Sam Ask

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