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The Power of Darkness (1924 film)

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The Power of Darkness
Directed byConrad Wiene
Written byLeo Tolstoy (play)
Robert Wiene
StarringPetr Sharov
Mariya Germanova
Maria Kryshanovskaya
CinematographyWilly Goldberger
Ernst Lüttgens
Music byWilly Schmidt-Gentner
Production
company
Distributed byBayerische Film
Release date
16 June 1924
Running time
72 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguagesSilent
German intertitles

The Power of Darkness (German:Die Macht der Finsternis) is a 1924 German silent drama film directed by Conrad Wiene and starring Petr Sharov, Mariya Germanova and Maria Kryshanovskaya. It is an adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's play The Power of Darkness.[1]

It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Jung & Schatzberg p.213

Bibliography

  • Jung, Uli & Schatzberg, Walter. Beyond Caligari: The Films of Robert Wiene. Berghahn Books, 1999.