# Looping the Loop

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{{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](/source/Arthur_Robison)
| producer       = [Gregor Rabinovitch](/source/Gregor_Rabinovitch)
| writer         = {{ubl|[Robert Liebmann](/source/Robert_Liebmann)|[Robert Reinert](/source/Robert_Reinert)|Arthur Robison}}
| narrator       = 
| starring       = {{ubl|[Werner Krauss](/source/Werner_Krauss)|[Jenny Jugo](/source/Jenny_Jugo)|[Warwick Ward](/source/Warwick_Ward)|[Gina Manès](/source/Gina_Man%C3%A8s)}}
| music          = {{ubl|[Artur Guttmann](/source/Artur_Guttmann)|[Hugo Riesenfeld](/source/Hugo_Riesenfeld)}}
| editing        = 
| cinematography = [Carl Hoffmann](/source/Carl_Hoffmann)
| studio         = [UFA](/source/Universum_Film_AG)
| distributor    = {{ubl|[Parufamet](/source/Parufamet) (Germany)|[Paramount Pictures](/source/Paramount_Pictures) (US)}}
| released       = {{Film date|1928|09|15|df=yes}}
| runtime        = 133 minutes
| country        = Germany
| language       = [Silent](/source/Silent_film) Version <br> [German](/source/German_language) Intertitles<br> Sound Version (Synchronized)<br>English Intertitles
| budget         = 
| gross          = 
}}
'''''Looping the Loop''''' (German: '''''Die Todesschleife''''') is a 1928 [German](/source/Cinema_of_Germany) [silent](/source/silent_film) [thriller film](/source/thriller_film) directed by [Arthur Robison](/source/Arthur_Robison) and starring [Werner Krauss](/source/Werner_Krauss), [Jenny Jugo](/source/Jenny_Jugo) and [Warwick Ward](/source/Warwick_Ward).<ref>Bock & Bergfelder p.228</ref> The film was produced by [UFA](/source/Universum_Film_AG). It was shot at the [Babelsberg Studios](/source/Babelsberg_Studios) in [Berlin](/source/Berlin) and [on location](/source/location_shooting) in [London](/source/London). The film's sets were designed by the [art director](/source/art_director)s [Robert Herlth](/source/Robert_Herlth) and [Walter Röhrig](/source/Walter_R%C3%B6hrig). As with UFA's ''[Variety](/source/Variety_(1925_film))'', [Paramount Pictures](/source/Paramount_Pictures) handled the film's American distribution as part of the [Parufamet](/source/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](/source/Werner_Krauss) as Botto, a famous clown 
* [Jenny Jugo](/source/Jenny_Jugo) as Blanche Valette 
* [Warwick Ward](/source/Warwick_Ward) as Andre Melton, artist 
* [Gina Manès](/source/Gina_Man%C3%A8s) as Hanna, a trick shooter
* [Sig Arno](/source/Sig_Arno) as Sigi, Hanna's partner 
* [Max Gülstorff](/source/Max_G%C3%BClstorff) as Blanche's male relative
* [Lydia Potechina](/source/Lydia_Potechina) as Blanche's female relative 
* [Gyula Szőreghy](/source/Gyula_Sz%C5%91reghy) as an agent 
* [Harry Grunwald](/source/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).

==See also==
* [List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)](/source/List_of_early_sound_feature_films_(1926%E2%80%931929))

==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}}

{{Arthur Robison}}

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

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