Looping the Loop

{{Short description|1928 film}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = Looping the Loop | image = Looping the Loop.jpg | caption = | director = Arthur Robison | producer = Gregor Rabinovitch | writer = {{ubl|Robert Liebmann|Robert Reinert|Arthur Robison}} | narrator = | starring = {{ubl|Werner Krauss|Jenny Jugo|Warwick Ward|Gina Manès}} | music = {{ubl|Artur Guttmann|Hugo Riesenfeld}} | editing = | cinematography = Carl Hoffmann | studio = UFA | distributor = {{ubl|Parufamet (Germany)|Paramount Pictures (US)}} | released = {{Film date|1928|09|15|df=yes}} | runtime = 133 minutes | country = Germany | language = Silent Version <br> German Intertitles<br> Sound Version (Synchronized)<br>English Intertitles | budget = | gross = }} '''''Looping the Loop''''' (German: '''''Die Todesschleife''''') is a 1928 German silent thriller film directed by Arthur Robison and starring Werner Krauss, Jenny Jugo and Warwick Ward.<ref>Bock & Bergfelder p.228</ref> The film was produced by UFA. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin and on location in London. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Herlth and Walter Röhrig. As with UFA's ''Variety'', Paramount Pictures handled the film's American distribution as part of the Parufamet agreement. Paramount prepared a sound version for distribution in English speaking countries. While the sound version has no audible dialog, it featured a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process.

==Cast== * Werner Krauss as Botto, a famous clown * Jenny Jugo as Blanche Valette * Warwick Ward as Andre Melton, artist * Gina Manès as Hanna, a trick shooter * Sig Arno as Sigi, Hanna's partner * Max Gülstorff as Blanche's male relative * Lydia Potechina as Blanche's female relative * Gyula Szőreghy as an agent * Harry Grunwald

==Music== The sound version prepared by Paramount featured a theme song entitled “Poor Punchinello” by Sam Lewis and Joe Young (words) and Lew Pollack (music).

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Bibliography== * Bergfelder, Tim & Bock, Hans-Michael. ''The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopedia of German''. Berghahn Books, 2009. * St. Pierre, Paul Matthew. ''E.A. Dupont and his Contribution to British Film: Varieté, Moulin Rouge, Piccadilly, Atlantic, Two Worlds, Cape Forlorn''. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2010.

==External links== *{{Internet Archive film|looping-the-loop_1929|Looping the Loop}} *{{IMDb title|0019110}}

Category:1928 films Category:Films of the Weimar Republic Category:German silent feature films Category:Films directed by Arthur Robison Category:Circus films Category:UFA GmbH films Category:Paramount Pictures films Category:German black-and-white films Category:1928 thriller films Category:German silent thriller films Category:1928 German films Category:Films shot in London Category:Films shot at Babelsberg Studios Category:Films scored by Artur Guttmann Category:Films scored by Hugo Riesenfeld