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The Student of Prague

Original title: Der Student von Prag
  • 19131913
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 25m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
2.2K
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Paul Wegener in The Student of Prague (1913)
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Balduin, a student of Prague, leaves his roystering companions in the beer garden, when he finds he has reached the end of his resources. He is scarcely seated in a quiet corner when a hideo... Read allBalduin, a student of Prague, leaves his roystering companions in the beer garden, when he finds he has reached the end of his resources. He is scarcely seated in a quiet corner when a hideous, shriveled-up old man taps him upon the shoulder and whispers vaguely of a big inherita... Read allBalduin, a student of Prague, leaves his roystering companions in the beer garden, when he finds he has reached the end of his resources. He is scarcely seated in a quiet corner when a hideous, shriveled-up old man taps him upon the shoulder and whispers vaguely of a big inheritance for Prague's finest swordsman and wildest student if he will enter into a certain agre... Read all
IMDb RATING
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2.2K
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    • Stellan Rye
    • Hanns Heinz Ewers(story)
    • Alfred de Musset(quotation)
  • Stars
    • Paul Wegener
    • Grete Berger
    • Lyda Salmonova
    • Stellan Rye
    • Hanns Heinz Ewers(story)
    • Alfred de Musset(quotation)
  • Stars
    • Paul Wegener
    • Grete Berger
    • Lyda Salmonova
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    • 26User reviews
    • 29Critic reviews
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    Paul Wegener
    Paul Wegener
    • Balduin, a Student
    Grete Berger
    Grete Berger
    • Countess Margit von Schwarzenberg
    Lyda Salmonova
    Lyda Salmonova
    • Lyduschka, a Gypsy Girl
    • (as L. Salmonowa)
    John Gottowt
    John Gottowt
    • Scapinelli, an Old Sorcerer
    Lothar Körner
    • Count von Schwarzenberg, Margit's Father
    Fritz Weidemann
    • Baron Waldis-Schwarzenberg, Margit's Cousin, betrothed
    Hanns Heinz Ewers
    • Self - with wide-brimmed hat at Belvedere
    • (uncredited)
    Alexander Moissi
    Alexander Moissi
    • Self - with cap at Belvedere
    • (uncredited)
      • Stellan Rye
      • Hanns Heinz Ewers(story) (adaptation supervision)
      • Alfred de Musset(quotation)
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    • Trivia
      This is sometimes considered to be the first horror film ever made.
    • Quotes

      Balduin, a Student: Ruined am I! Procure for me the luckiest ticket in the lottery or a dowered wife.

    • Connections
      Featured in Fejezetek a film történetéböl: A német film 1933-ig (1989)

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    6/10
    The Student Of Prague (1913) **1/2
    This film marks the beginning of the Golden Age of Silent Horror movies emanating from Germany, though its style is not yet what would come to be defined "Expressionist". I had watched it many years ago on Italian TV and remember liking it quite a bit though, in retrospect, it suffers in comparison with the superior 1926 remake (not least because that one is more than twice its length!); it's still well worth watching and remains full of interest today, also because it led directly to Paul Wegener's trademark role of The Golem in a famous trilogy, which unfortunately is almost impossible to re-evaluate today since only the third entry in the series seems to have survived! The accompanying synthesizer score on the Alpha DVD was quite unnerving in its relentless repetitiveness which, in hindsight, perfectly suited the doppelganger theme of the movie.
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    • Apr 14, 2005

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    • Release date
      • September 1913 (United States)
      • Germany
      • Official site (Germany)
      • German
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Hradschin, Prague, Czech Republic
    • Production company
      • Deutsche Bioscop GmbH
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    • 1 hour 25 minutes
      • Black and White
      • Mono

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