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Director:
Henrik Galeen
Writers:
Hanns Heinz Ewers (novel)
Henrik Galeen (book)
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Release Date:
20 March 1927 (Finland) more
Genre:
Drama | Horror more
Plot:
For Balduin, going out to beer parties with his fellow students and fighting out disputes at the tip of the sword have lost their charms... more | add synopsis
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The Student Of Prague (1926) *** more

Cast

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Fritz Alberti ... Graf Schwarzenberg
Agnes Esterhazy ... Comtesse Margit, seine Tochter
Ferdinand von Alten ... Baron Waldis-Schwarzenberg, Margits Vetter und Verlobter
Conrad Veidt ... Balduin, ein Student
Elizza La Porta ... Liduschka, Blumenmädchen (as Elizza la Porta)
Werner Krauss ... Scapinelli, Wucherer
Erich Kober ... Student
Max Maximilian ... Student
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Adolf Peter Hoffmann
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Man Who Cheated Life (USA)
The Student of Prague (UK)
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Runtime:
91 min (DVD) | 110 min (20 fps)
Country:
Germany
Language:
German
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Silent

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Remade as Der Student von Prag (1935) more

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5 out of 5 people found the following comment useful:-
The Student Of Prague (1926) ***, 14 April 2005
7/10
Author: MARIO GAUCI (marrod@melita.com) from Naxxar, Malta

This is a more elaborate, lavish and altogether satisfactory version of the above, with Conrad Veidt perfectly cast in the lead and with Werner Krauss also making for a menacing Scapinelli. The expressionistic elements are well in evidence here (director Henrik Galeen had written Murnau's NOSFERATU [1922] and, stylistically, the film does bear some resemblance to it): while not quite reaching the heights of, say, THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI (1919) and NOSFERATU itself, it's very much deserving of the reputation it enjoys in the horror film genre and, despite the shoddy print quality of the Alpha DVD, replete with missing frames (where are Kino when you need them?), I'm truly glad I was given an opportunity to watch this elusive classic from the Silent era after having read so much about it since childhood! Let's hope now that another highly-regarded (and much-filmed) Conrad Veidt vehicle, THE HANDS OF ORLAC (1925), also gets a DVD release soon...

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