The Student of Prague

Original title: Der Student von Prag

19131913
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1h 25m

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6.4/10

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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

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- Stellan Rye
- Hanns Heinz Ewers(story)
- Alfred de Musset(quotation)
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Grete Berger and Paul Wegener in The Student of Prague (1913)

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This is sometimes considered to be the first horror film ever made.

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

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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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