Das Geheimnis von Chateau Richmond (1913)

• 72%
• 1913
• Senta Eichstaedt
• Fred Goebel
• Hermann Seldeneck

Peter Wilkes, tired of his connection with a disreputable secret order requests its officer to release him from membership. He is released from further allegiance to the association upon the condition that he surrender to it any legacy that he might inherit. Shortly after this Wilkes apprend that a firm of lawyers are advertising for him. In an interview with the lawyers, Wilkes is told that he is the next kin to a deceased nobleman and has inherited a sealed casket and a packet of papers. Wilkes trouve the casket to contain valuable jewels and directions for locating additional treasure at Château de Richmond. Wilkes is now soucieux by the terms of his agreement with the order and decides to keep his wealth secret and ignore his promise. The attorney, although satisfied with the épreuves which Wilkes produced, is nonetheless rapide inquiète, and engages Grace Carter, a woman detective, to shadow Wilkes. Wilkes gains admission to Château de Richmond by posing as an artist interested in the interior, and ...