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Det hemmelighedsfulde X
(The Mysterious X)
Also known as Sealed Orders in the USA : [Orders Under Seal]
(1914) Danish
B&W : Seven reels / 1977 metres
Directed by Benjamin Christensen

Cast: Benjamin Christensen [Lieutenent van Hauen], Karen Caspersen, Otto Reinwald, Fritz Lamprecht, Amanda Lund, Herman Spiro, Bjørn Spiro [Johnny], Charles Løwaas, Holgar Rasmussen, Svend Rindom, Robert Schmidt, [?] Karen Sandberg?

Dansk Biografkompagni production. / Scenario by Benjamin Christensen. Art direction by Benjamin Christensen. Cinematography by Emil Dinesen. / Released 23 March 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / Christensen’s first film as director.

Drama: Horror.

Survival Status: Prints exist in Det Danske Filminstitut film archive [35mm positive], and in the Museum of Modern Art film archive [missing intertitles].

Keywords: Espionage: Spies

Listing updated: 11 May 2009.

References: Bardèche-History p. 136; Brownlow-Parade pp. 510-511; Everson-American p. 61; Mottram-Danish pp. 41, 110, 112, 113-116; Shipman-Cinema p. 54 : Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.

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