The read
It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
During a dinner given by a wealthy baron and his wife, 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?
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes60%
39 audience votes
Key crew
- Arthur RobisonWriter
- Rudolf SchneiderWriter
- Arthur RobisonDirector
Cast
- Alexander GranachShadowplayer
- Fritz KortnerThe Count
- Ruth WeyherHis Wife
- Gustav von WangenheimHer Lover
- Eugen RexA Servant
- Lilli HerderThe Maid
- Fritz RaspDiener
- Karl Platen2. Diener
- Max Gülstorff2. Kavalier
- Ferdinand von Alten3. Kavalier
- Rudolf Klein-RoggeCast
- Heinrich GothoCast
Stills
Themes
expressionismgerman expressionism