Der Graf von Cagliostro
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| The Count of Cagliostro | |
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| Directed by | Reinhold Schünzel |
| Written by | Robert Liebmann Reinhold Schünzel |
| Produced by | Victor Micheluzzi Reinhold Schünzel |
| Starring | Reinhold Schünzel Anita Berber Conrad Veidt Carl Goetz |
| Cinematography | Carl Hoffmann Kurt Lande |
Production companies | Lichtbild-Fabrikation Schünzel-Film (Berlin) Vereinigte Filmindustrie Micheluzzi & Co (Micco-Film) (Vienna) |
Release date | 7 January 1920 |
| Country | Austria |
| Languages | Silent German intertitles |
The Count of Cagliostro (German: Der Graf von Cagliostro) is a 1920 Austrian silent horror film directed and co-written by Reinhold Schünzel and starring Schünzel, Anita Berber and Conrad Veidt.[1] It depicts the life of the eighteenth century Italian mesmerist and occultist Alessandro Cagliostro. The film's art direction was by Oscar Werndorff and Carl Hoffmann handled the cinematography. Some sources list this film as a German production. It is today considered a lost film, and little is known about it.[2] It is listed simply as Cagliostro in some film references.
Director Schuenzel cast himself in the starring role, and hired Conrad Veidt to merely play a minister in the film, when Veidt was much better suited at the time for the lead. Schuenzel went on to become a noted actor in later years, even appearing in American-made films such as Dreagonwyck and Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious (both 1946).[3] Cameraman Carl Hoffmann went on to work for Fritz Lang and F.W. Murnau, before becoming a director himself in 1928.[4]
Cast
- Reinhold Schünzel as Cagliostro
- Anita Berber as Lorenza, Cagliostro's slave
- Conrad Veidt as the Minister
- Carl Goetz as the Prince
- Hugo Werner-Kahle as Cagliostro's servant
- Hanni Weisse as the Favorite of the Prince
- Hilde Wörner as the Maid of the Favorite
- Walter Huber
- Heinrich Jensen
- Armin Seydelmann
- Ferry Sikla
References
- ^ Hutchings p.323
- ^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 213.ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
- ^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 213.ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
- ^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 213.ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
Bibliography
- Hutchings, Peter. The A to Z of Horror Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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