Fear (1917 film)
| Fear | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Robert Wiene |
| Written by | Robert Wiene |
| Produced by | Oskar Messter |
| Starring | Bruno Decarli, Conrad Veidt, Bernhard Goetzke, Mechthildis Thein |
Production company | |
Release date | September 1917 |
| Country | Germany |
| Languages | Silent German intertitles |
Fear (German: Furcht) is a 1917 German silent horror film directed by Robert Wiene and starring Bruno Decarli, Conrad Veidt and Bernhard Goetzke. After stealing a religious statue from an Indian temple, a German Count is cursed by a local priest who tells him he has only seven years to live. The Count returns home and grows increasingly insane until he eventually commits suicide seven years after the theft. The Priest then collects the statue to return to its rightful home.[1]
Considerable ambiguity exists whether the Indian Priest is real or simply a product of the Count's fevered imagination due to his growing madness.[2] Similar themes are explored in Wiene's later films, most notably the The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.
A print of the film exists at the Swedish Film Institute.[3]
Cast
- Bruno Decarli – Count Greven
- Conrad Veidt – Indian Priest
- Bernhard Goetzke
- Mechthildis Thein
References
Bibliography
- Jung, Uli & Schatzberg, Walter. Beyond Caligari: The Films of Robert Wiene. Berghahn Books, 1999.
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