Schatten Eine nachtliche Halluzination
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44% Rotten Tomatoes Genre Drama, Fantasy, Horror Duration Country Germany | 6.8/10 IMDb Director Arthur Robison Music director Ernst Riege | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Language Silent film
German intertitles Writer Arthur Robison , Rudolf Schneider Release date 1923 (1923) Initial release October 16, 1923 (Germany) Screenplay Arthur Robison, Rudolf Schneider Cast Alexander Granach (Shadowplayer), Fritz Kortner (The Count), Ruth Weyher (His Wife), Gustav von Wangenheim (Her Lover), Eugen Rex (A Servant), Lilli Herder (The Maid)Similar movies Rudolf Klein-Rogge appears in Warning Shadows and Destiny Tagline Arthur Robison's Expressionist Thriller | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Warning shadows 1923
An illusionist turns a shadowy puppet show into a violent premonition of what might occur if the wife of a jealous German baron continues to flirt with dinner guests.
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Schatten – Eine nachtliche Halluzination ("Shadows - a Nocturnal Hallucination", also known in English as Warning Shadows) is a 1923 German silent film directed by Arthur Robison. It is considered part of German Expressionism.
During a dinner, given by a wealthy baron and his wive, attended by four of her suitors in a 19th century German manor, a shadow-player rescues the marriage by giving all the guests a vision what might happen tonight if the baron stays jealous and the suitors do not reduce their advances towards his beautiful wife. Or was it a vision?
Plot
During a dinner given by a wealthy baron and his wife, four of her suitors attend the 19th century German manor. A shadow-player rescues the marriage by giving all the guests a vision of what might happen if the baron stays jealous and the suitors do not reduce their advances towards his beautiful wife. Or was it a vision?
Cast
Similar Movies
Rudolf Klein-Rogge appears in Warning Shadows and Destiny. Fritz Rasp appears in Warning Shadows and Diary of a Lost Girl. Asphalt (1929). The Last Laugh (1924). Fritz Kortner appears in Warning Shadows and The Woman One Longs for.
Literary significance
Referred to in Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh. Anthony Blanches description of Sebastians companion Kurt: "He is like the footman in Warning Shadows - a great clod of a German..." This is presumably the character portrayed by Fritz Rasp.
References
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