Warning shadows : a nocturnal hallucination / TF Transit Film ; Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Stiftung ; La Cineteca del Comune di Bologna, Cinémathèque Française, and the Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Foundation present ; from a concept by Albin Grau ; directed by Arthur Robison.
Fritz Kortner, Ruth Weyher, Gustav von Wangenheim, Eugen Rex, Max Gülstorff, Ferdinand von Alten, Fritz Rasp, Carl Platen, Lilli Herder, Alexander Granach. This restored edition contains no intertitles, in keeping with the original German version of the film, which premiered in October, 1923 under title: Schatten : eine nächtliche Halluzination. Film restoration and preservation by L'immagine Ritrovata. "This version of Warning Shadows (Schatten) is based on a comparison of all existing copies, two main sources in particular: An original print, tinted and with French intertitles, from the Cinémathèque Française, and a dupe negative of an American theatrical version from the Museum of Modern Art."
Summary:
Expressionist film in which a count is jealous of the attentions his wife pays to "the lover" and various other suitors. The situation comes to a head when a showman/mesmerist puts on a "shadow play" for them all, in which their emotion and passions are mirrored.
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