The Prosecutor Hallers

The Prosecutor Hallers

1930 · 95 min · ★ 10.0 · Drama, Crime

The simultaneously filmed French language version of the 1930 German film The Other. A psychological drama based on the popular Jekyll and Hyde theme involving a strict legal official.

Directed by Robert Wiene

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