| Unheimliche Geschichten | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Unheimliche_Geschichten_(1919)_poster.jpg) Theatrical release poster bearing the alternate title Grausige Nächte | |
| Directed by | Richard Oswald |
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| Produced by | Richard Oswald |
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| Cinematography | Carl Hoffmann[1] |
Production company | Richard Oswald-Film AG |
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Running time | 95 minutes[3] |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
Unheimliche Geschichten (lit. Uncanny Stories), also known as Grausige Nächte[4] (lit. Nights of Terror) or Eerie Tales, is a 1919 German silent anthology film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Conrad Veidt, Reinhold Schünzel, and Anita Berber.[3] The film is divided into five segments: "The Apparition" (based on a story by Anselm Heine), "The Hand" (based on a story by Robert Liebmann), "The Black Cat" (based on the short story by Edgar Allan Poe), "The Suicide Club" (based on the short stories by Robert Louis Stevenson) and "Der Spuk" ("The Spectre", an original work by Oswald).[1][3]
Unheimliche Geschichten is also known under the titles Weird Tales, Five Sinister Stories, or Tales of the Uncanny. The original negative of the film is considered lost, though a restoration sourced from a nitrate print by the Cinémathèque française has been released.[4]
A remake by the same name, also directed by Oswald, was released in 1932.[2]
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- ^ a b c Workman & Howarth 2016, p. 211.
- ^ a b "Unheimliche Geschichten / Grausige Nächte". Festival.IlCinemaRitrovato.it. Il Cinema Ritrovato. Archived from the original on 12 March 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.