Genuine: The Tragedy of a Vampire (Silent)
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DVD-R Details
- Run Time: 58 minutes
- Video: Black & White
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: January 27, 2015
- Originally Released: 1920
- Label: Alpha Video
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Fern Andra | |
Performer: | Hans Von Twardowski | |
Directed by | Robert Wiene |
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Description by OLDIES.com:
Director Robert Wiene, anxious to repeat the success of his prior film, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1919), once again teamed with screenwriter Carl Mayer to craft this tale of psychological horror. Expressionist painter César Klein was enlisted to create bizarre, claustrophobic sets reminiscent of Caligari. Star Fern Andra was actually born in Watseka, Illinois and had worked as a circus aerialist. While on a tour of Europe, she was discovered by famed director Max Reinhardt, subsequently enjoying popularity as a leading lady in several UFA features. Upon her return to America, she made only two films, The Eyes of the World and Lotus Lady (both 1930), and then retired from show business to marry actor Ian Keith. Though unfairly overshadowed by The Cabinet of Caligari, Genuine serves as a testament to the bold creativity of German cinema during the Weimar era.
BONUS: THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER (BW, 1928, Silent): This abstract adaptation of the classic Edgar Allan Poe short story is one of the first examples of the American avant-garde movement that developed outside of Hollywood in the 1920s. Directors James Sibley Watson and Melville Webber use techniques borrowed from German Expressionism to illustrate the madness of the doomed Roderick Usher. Directed by James Sibley Watson & Melville Webber.
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