The haunted castle : the exposure of a secret : in 5 acts / Kino International ; Transit Film ; Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Stiftung ; Bundesarchiv Filmarchiv ; Decla-Bioscop ; Uco-film ; based on the story by Rudolf Stratz ; adapted by Carl Mayer ; produced by Erich Pommer ; directed by R.W. Murnau.
Edition:
Restored authorized edition.
Publisher:
Kino International,
Copyright Date:
2009
Description:
1 videodisc (81 min.) : sound, black and white (tinted) ; 4 3/4 in.
Arnold Korff, L. Kyser-Korff, Lothar Mehnert, Paul Hartmann, Paul Bildt. Reconstructed in 2002 from an original negative from the Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv, Berlin, and a nitrate print with Portuguese intertitles from the Fundacao Cinemateca Brasileira. "The text of the intertitles was derived from extant "flash titles," supplemented with surviving scripts and a title list prepared by the production company Decla-Bioscop on March 13, 1921."--Opening titles. Originally released as a motion picture in 1921. A foreign film (Germany) Released in 2009 as part of the 6 DVD set Murnau, by Kino International.
Contents:
Special features: Excerpts of Rudolf Stratz's novel ; Set designs by Robert Herlth ; Image gallery .
Summary:
A hunting party is interrupted by the arrival of a notorious count, who is believed to have murdered his brother. The uninvited guest sets in motion an elaborate plot to resurrect the ghosts of the past and bring secrets of his brother's death to light.
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