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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| Credited cast: | |||
| 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 | |
| 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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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 »Connections
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One of the most influential of the German Expressionist films of the 1920's. The most radical aspect is the lighting, where the shadows are sometimes more important than the actors.
Also unusual is that there are no titles except at the start to introduce the characters, who are just types and do not have names, just descriptive titles (husband, wife, youth, servant, etc.).
The shadow puppet show is similar to what is seen more extensively in Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed, Die (1925).