Description |
1 videodisc (DVD) (85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in |
Summary |
Expressionist film in which a count is jealous of the attentions his wife pays to "the lover" and various other suitors. The situation comes to a head when a showman/mesmerist puts on a "shadow play" for them all, in which their emotion and passions are mirrored |
Notes |
Originally produced as a silent motion picture in 1923 |
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"Kino on Video, German silents."--Cover |
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"This version of Warning Shadows (Schatten) is based on a comparison of all existing copies, two main sources in particular: An original print, tinted and with French intertitles, from the Cinémathèque Française, and a dupe negative of an American theatrical version from the Museum of Modern Art." |
Credits |
Edited by Rudolf Schneider and Arthur Robison; music composed and performed by Donald Sosin; concept and design, Albin Grau |
Cast |
Fritz Kortner, Ruth Weyher, Gustav von Wangenheim, Alexander Granach, Fritz Rasp, Ferdinand von Alten, Max Gutstorff |
Notes |
DVD format ; NTSC |
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Silent film with English intertitles translated from German, orchestral soundtrack |
Subject |
Foreign films.
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Jealousy -- Drama.
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Adultery -- Drama.
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Motion pictures, German.
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Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Silent films.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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Author |
Robison, Arthur, 1888-1935.
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Schneider, Rudolf, 1908-1957.
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Grau, Albin, 1894-1942.
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Kortner, Fritz.
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Weyher, Ruth, 1901-1983.
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Wangenheim, Gustav von, 1895-1975.
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Cineteca comunale (Bologna, Italy)
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Cinémathèque française.
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Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung.
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