Thriller ·Fantasy ·Drama ·Horror · Germany · 1923 · 1h 30m

Warning Shadows

Schatten – Eine nächtliche Halluzination

Director

Cast

Alexander Granach as Shadowplayer Fritz Kortner as The Count Ruth Weyher as His Wife Gustav von Wangenheim as Her Lover Eugen Rex as A Servant Lilli Herder as The Maid

Crew

Fritz Arno Wagner — Director of Photography Arthur Robison — Writer Rudolf Schneider — Writer Willy Seibold — Producer Enrico Dieckmann — Producer Albin Grau — Costume Design

Tagline

Arthur Robison's Expressionist Thriller

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?

Mood & Themes

expressionism german expressionism

Key Collaborators

Arthur Robison Director Fritz Arno Wagner Director of Photography Arthur Robison Writer Rudolf Schneider Writer Willy Seibold Producer Enrico Dieckmann Producer Albin Grau Costume Design

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