Figures of the Night
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| Figures of the Night | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Richard Oswald |
| Screenplay by | Richard Oswald |
| Produced by | Richard Oswald |
| Starring | Paul Wegener Reinhold Schünzel Erna Morena Conrad Veidt |
| Cinematography | Carl Hoffmann |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Decla-Bioscop |
Release date | 6 January 1920 |
| Country | Germany |
| Languages | Silent German intertitles |
Figures of the Night (German:Nachtgestalten) is a 1920 German silent horror film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Paul Wegener, Reinhold Schünzel and Erna Morena.[1] It is based on the novel Eleagabal Kuperus by Karl Hans Strobl. The film's art direction was by Hans Dreier. It was filmed at the Babelsberg Studio in Berlin.
Cast
- Paul Wegener as Thomas Bezug
- Reinhold Schünzel as Sekretär
- Erna Morena as Elisabeth, Bezugs Tochter
- Erik Charell as Arnold, Bezugs Sohn, Affe
- Conrad Veidt as Clown
- Anita Berber as Tänzerin
- Paul Bildt as Erfinder
- Theodor Loos
- Willi Allen
References
- ^ Hutchings p.323
Bibliography
- Hutchings, Peter. The A to Z of Horror Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links
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Categories:
- 1920 films
- German films
- Films of the Weimar Republic
- 1920s horror films
- German silent feature films
- German horror films
- Films based on works by Karl Hans Strobl
- Films directed by Richard Oswald
- Films shot in Berlin
- German black-and-white films
- Silent German film stubs
- Pre-1960 horror film stubs
- 1920s film stubs