A wealthy man invites the local wealthy bachelors over for a puppet show about men who covet another man's wife. The puppeteer is actually a witch and gives the men nightmares about what could happen if they date the lady of the house.
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| Alexander Granach | ... | Shadowplayer | |
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Max Gülstorff | ... | 2. Kavalier |
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Lilli Herder | ... | Dienstmaedchen |
| Rudolf Klein-Rogge | |||
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Fritz Kortner | ... | The count |
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Karl Platen | ... | 2. Diener |
| Fritz Rasp | ... | Diener | |
| Eugen Rex | ... | A servant | |
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Ferdinand von Alten | ... | 3. Kavalier |
| Gustav von Wangenheim | ... | Her lover | |
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Ruth Weyher | ... | His wife |
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During a dinner, given by a wealthy baron and his wive, attended by four of her suitors in a 19th century German manor, a shadow-player rescues the marriage by giving all the guests a vision what might happen tonight if the baron stays jealous and the suitors do not reduce their advances towards his beautiful wife. Or was it a vision? Written by Stephan Eichenberg <eichenbe@fak-cbg.tu-muenchen.de>
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expressionism | looking at oneself in a mirror | suitor | 19th century | germany |Certificate:
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GermanRelease Date:
29 November 2016 (Germany) See more »Also Known As:
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SilentColor:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1
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When the ShadowPlayer asks the servant (Fritz Rasp) to get the sheet for his shadow show, he pulls off the middle button on the left side of his vest. For the remainder of the movie, the button is back on. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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During a dinner, given by a wealthy baron and his wife, attended by four of her suitors in a 19th century German manor, a shadow-player rescues the marriage by giving all the guests a vision what might happen tonight if the baron stays jealous and the suitors do not reduce their advances towards his beautiful wife.
What strikes me about this film is just how German it is. I have no idea what was going on in Germany in the 1920s, but they had a definite vision on how to use shadows and light in their films. While this is not German expressionism, it is not so far removed that we cannot see the German aesthetic.
In some ways, we might be better comparing this to "Prince Achmed", a cartoon that relied on shadows rather than drawing. Again, a German film. I am surprised by how much a country's boundary could define their films. Today, I do not feel that a film made in any one country is so obviously differently from another...