William Dieterle, Olga Belajeff, Emil Jannings, Conrad Veidt, Werner Kraus. Originally produced as motion picture in 1924. Full screen (1:33.1). Bonus materials: audio commentary track featuring Australian film and arts critic Adrian Martin; Conversation with Kim Newman; Rebus film Nor. I(1926). Accompanied by collector's edition souvenir booklet (23 pages) featuring new essays on the film's history and significance by Richard Combs; the influential career of Paul Leni by Philip Kemp; notes on the restoration process by Julia Wallmüller (Deutshce Kinemathek); and rarely seen production photographs and promotional material. "There is an option of two scores to accompany the film: a new piano score by Richard Siedhoff and a new instrumental score by Bernd Schultheis, Olav Lervik and Jan Kohl, commissioned by ZDF/ARTE and performed by Ensemble Musikfabrik"--Container.
Summary:
A poet imagines scenarios in a wax museum fairground that involve Jack the Ripper, Ivan the Terrible, and Haroun al-Raschid.
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