German Empire,
1921, 82 min
Directed by:
Friedrich Wilhelm MurnauScreenplay:
Carl MayerCast:
Arnold Korff, Paul Hartmann, Paul Bildt, Olga Tschechowa, Hermann Vallentin, Loni Nest, Lothar Mehnert, Lulu Kyser-KorffPlots(1)
A party of aristocrats assemble at a country manor for an autumn hunt. But a long-lingering question threatens once more to rear its head: who really murdered the Baroness's late husband? With a riveting nightmare sequence that foreshadows the nocturnal fantasias of both Nosferatu and Phantom, and a masquerade conceit that looks backward to Feuillade and forward to Murnau's own Die Finanzen des Großherzogs, this languorous mood piece represents the latent material that will figure into a master director's later breakthroughs. (Eureka Entertainment)
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