Der Januskopf (1920)

Director:

F.W. Murnau

Writers:

Hans Janowitz (screenplay)
Robert Louis Stevenson (novel)

Genre:

Horror

Plot:

In this uncredited and apparently lost version of Robert Louis Stevenson's "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr...

Plot Keywords:

Lost Film | Based On Novel

Cast

Conrad Veidt	...	Dr. Warren / Mr. O'Connor
Magnus Stifter	...	Dr. Warren's friend
Margarete Schlegel	...	Grace / Jane
Willy Kaiser-Heyl
Bela Lugosi	...	Dr. Warren's Butler
Margarete Kupfer
Danny Guertler
Gustav Botz
Jaro Fürth
Hans Lanser-Rudolf
Marga Reuter
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lanja Rudolph

Also Known As:

Der Januskopf - Eine Tragödie am Rande der Wirklichkeit (Germany) (alternative title)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (UK)
Love's Mockery
Schrecken (Germany) (trailer title)
The Head of Janus
The Janus Head
The Two-Faced Man (USA) (informal literal English title)

Runtime:

107 min | Germany:77 min (lost)

Country:

Germany

Language:

German

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Silent

Filming Locations:

Cserépy-Atelier, Berlin, Germany

Company:

Lipow-Film

Trivia:

This film is considered lost.

Movie Connections:

Version of Dr. Jekyll & Mistress Hyde (2003) (V)

Murnau's Second film is among the LOST: Synopsis follows.

This is an adaptation of Stevenson's DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE. Dr. Warren, a rich London doctor, can change himself into the dreadful Mr. O'Connor. It is supposed that as with NOSFERATU, Murnau did not bother to secure film rights from the Stevenson estate and thus changed the names. Contemporary reviews mainly praise Conrad Veidt's performance in the dual lead.

This is among the LOST films - no negative or positive materials are known to exist.

Above gleaned from Lotte Eisner's biography on Murnau.