The Closed Chain

{{short description|1920 film}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = The Closed Chain | image = | caption = | director = Paul L. Stein | producer = Paul Davidson | writer = Erich Wulffen | narrator = | starring = {{ubl|Pola Negri|Aud Egede-Nissen|Carl Ebert}} | music = | editing = | cinematography = Fritz Arno Wagner | studio = PAGU | distributor = UFA | released = {{film date|1920|12|10|df=y}} | runtime = | country = Germany | language = {{ubl|Silent|German intertitles}} | budget = | gross = }} '''''The Closed Chain''''' ({{langx|de|'''Die geschlossene Kette'''}}) is a 1920 German silent film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Pola Negri, Aud Egede-Nissen, and Carl Ebert.{{sfn|Kotowski|p=214}}

The film's sets were designed by the art director {{ill|Jack Winter (art director)|lt=Jack Winter|de|Jack Winter}}

==Cast== {{cast listing| * Pola Negri * Aud Egede-Nissen * Carl Ebert * Greta Schröder * Rudolf Klein-Rhoden * Lotte Stein * Albert Steinrück * Elsa Wagner * Boris Michailow }}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Bibliography== * {{cite book | ref = {{sfnref|Kotowski}} | first = Mariusz | last = Kotowski | title = Pola Negri: Hollywood's First Femme Fatale | publisher = University Press of Kentucky | year = 2014 | location = Lexington | isbn = 978-0-8131-4489-4 }}

==External links== *{{IMDb title|0011222}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Closed Chain}} Category:1920 films Category:Films of the Weimar Republic Category:German silent feature films Category:Films directed by Paul L. Stein Category:German black-and-white films Category:UFA GmbH films Category:1920 German films Category:German silent drama films Category:1920 German-language films Category:German-language drama films