Unheimliche Geschichten

19191919
1h 52m

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6.5/10

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Fantasy Horror Mystery

A demon, a reaper, and the ghost of a prostitute read gothic short stories and act them out.A demon, a reaper, and the ghost of a prostitute read gothic short stories and act them out.A demon, a reaper, and the ghost of a prostitute read gothic short stories and act them out.

IMDb RATING

6.5/10

569

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

90,798

7,756

Director
- Richard Oswald
Writers
- Anselma Heine(story "Die Erscheinung")
- Robert Liebmann(story "Die Hand")
- Edgar Allan Poe(story "Die schwarze Katze")
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Anita Berber, Reinhold Schünzel, and Conrad Veidt in Unheimliche Geschichten (1919)

Reinhold Schünzel and Conrad Veidt in Unheimliche Geschichten (1919)

Anita Berber and Conrad Veidt in Unheimliche Geschichten (1919)

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Director
- Richard Oswald
Writers
- Anselma Heine(story "Die Erscheinung") (segment 1)
- Robert Liebmann(story "Die Hand") (segment 2)
- Edgar Allan Poe(story "Die schwarze Katze") (segment 3)
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Conrad Veidt and Reinhold Schunzel were again directed by Richard Oswald (I) in the same year as the gay-themed Anders als die Andern (1919). The films share several filming locations as well.

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Featured in Tales of the Uncanny (2020)

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5/10

Five sinister, weird, eerie tales of uncanny horror

"Richard Oswald's "Eerie Tales" debuted with a length of 2318 metres, July 16, 1920, after a premiere on November 6, 1919. The original negative is considered lost. This restoration is from Cinematheque Francaise. The film currently has a length of 2230 metres."

Paintings of Death, the devil, and a prostitute come to life in a bookstore, after hours, and read each other five tales of horror, to amuse themselves, in this early anthology film.

Each of the three leads take on different roles in each of the five stories, giving each actor an opportunity to show a wide range, and the film has a good look to it, plus I've always had a certain affinity for anthology horrors, but the problem with this is that it's not scary. I was hoping for a bit more fright for my 31 Days of Halloween horror. Die Erscheinung, by Anselma Heine, and Poe's Die Schwarze Katze were the best of the segments, while the rest were overly dramatic.

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