Barcelona, early twentieth century. While a trio of masked burglars and their minions search for an ancient Moorish treasure that can only be located when the two parts of an ornamental chain are connected, Inspector Hernández and his faithful assistant Carlos follow the dreadful crime path they walk by. (Only the German cut of the three original Spanish episodes has survived.)
Production
Surviving German cut is a ghost of three lost Spanish episodes.
Direction
Marro crafts early Barcelona as shadowy maze of modernity.
Director
Alberto Marro
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Alberto Marro was a prolific Spanish director whose dozens of films are mostly lost; this German cut is a rare survivor.
The Moorish treasure plot weaponizes Spain's Islamic past as exotic mystery, reflecting 1917 anxieties about national identity and modernity.
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