The read
It runs a compact 1h 8m.
Synopsis
A kindly but desperate Alsatian innkeeper named Mathias murders and robs a rich Jewish merchant staying at his inn, but the ghost of his victim will not let him rest. Meanwhile, a mysterious Mesmerist has come to town, claiming he has made many criminals confess their crimes...
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
19 audience votes
Key crew
- James YoungDirector
- James YoungWriter
Cast
- Lionel BarrymoreMathias
- Caroline Frances CookeCatharine
- Gustav von SeyffertitzJerome Frantz
- Lorimer JohnstonHans
- Boris KarloffThe Mesmerist
- Eddie PhillipsChristian
- Lola ToddAnnette
- E. Alyn WarrenBaruch Koweski / Jethro Koweski
- Laura La VarnieFortune Teller
- John GeorgeMesmerist Announcer (uncredited)