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Unheimliche Geschichten (Weird Tales)
(Germany, Richard Oswald, 1919)
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Production Company: Richard Oswald-Film GmbH, Berlin
Country: Germany
Producer: Richard Oswald
Director: Richard Oswald
Scenario: Richard Oswald, Robert Leibmann
Based on: Die Erscheinung by Anselm Heine,
Die Hand by Robert Leibmann,
The Black Cat by Edgar Allen Poe,
The Suicide Club by Robert Louis Stevenson,
Der Spuk by Richard Oswald
CAST
Conrad Veidt as Death, the Stranger, the Bon Vivant,
the Traveller, The Club President, The Count
Reinhold Schunzel as the Devil, the Husband,
the Bon Vivant, the Drunkard, Inspector Silas,
the Baron
Anita Berber as the Courtesan, the Plague Victim,
the Dancer, the Wife, the Countess
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SYNOPSIS
Five stories are interlinked by three macabre characters who spring to life from paintings in an antiquarian book shop.
Tale 1: Die Erscheinung (The Apparition). A stranger (Conrad Veidt) saves a woman (Anita Berber) from a crazed man (Reinhold Schunzel) who attacks her in the park.
Tale 2: Die Hand (The Hand). Two Bon Vivants (Conrad Veidt and Renhold Schunzel) vie for the attention of a capricious dancer (Anita Berber) and so roll dice to decide who should win her.
Tale 3: The Black Cat. A Taveller (Conrad Veidt) has heard tell of the beautiful wife (Anita Berber) of the local drunkard (Reinhold Schunzel).
Tale 4: The Suicide Club. Inspector Silas (Reinhold Schunzel) is investigating a suicide club and struggles to gain entry.
Tale 5. Der Spuk (The Ghost). A bored Countess (Anita Berber) loves her husband, the Count (Conrad Veidt), but feels neglected as he is constantly working.
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July 2005
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