Behind the Altar

Behind the Altar
Directed by	Julius Brandt William Dieterle
Written by	William Dieterle
Produced by	William Dieterle
Starring	William Dieterle Marcella Albani Alfred Gerasch
Cinematography	Otto Martini Erich Nitzschmann Giovanni Vitrotti
Production company	Charha-Film
Distributed by	Deutsch-Nordische Film-Union
Release date	8 December 1927 (1927-12-08)
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent German intertitles

Behind the Altar or The Secret of Abbe X (German: Das Geheimnis des Abbe X) is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Julius Brandt and William Dieterle and starring Dieterle, Marcella Albani, and Alfred Gerasch.^[1]

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Erich Grave and Ernst Stern.