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Eerie Tales (1919)

1h 41m

Running Time

Eerie Tales (1919)

Name: Eerie Tales
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Fantasy
Released: 1919-11-05

1h 41m

Running Time

Plot.

After the old-books shop closes, portraits of the Strumpet, Death, and the Devil come to life and amuse themselves by reading stories--about themselves.

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This Movie Is About.

silent film ·

anthology

Cast & Crew.

Anita Berber

Die Dirne (framing story) / Woman (ep.1) / Girlfriend (ep.2)

Conrad Veidt

Der Tod (framing story) / The stranger (ep.1) / The assassin (ep.2)

Reinhold Schünzel

Der Teufel (framing story) / Former husband (ep.1) / Murderer (ep,2)

Hugo Döblin

Actor

Richard Oswald

Director

Anselma Heine

Writer

Bernhard Goetzke

A Friend at Table Seance

Robert Liebmann

Writer

Hans Heinrich von Twardowski

Restaurant Waiter

Edgar Allan Poe

Writer

Robert Louis Stevenson

Writer

Carl Hoffmann

Cinematographer

Julius Hahlo

Set Decoration

Paul Morgan

Georg John

Media.

Details.

Release Date
November 5, 1919

Original Name
Unheimliche Geschichten

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 41m

Wiki.

Unheimliche Geschichten (lit. Uncanny Stories), titled Eerie Tales in English, is a 1919 German silent anthology film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Conrad Veidt. The film is split into five stories: The Apparition, The Hand, The Black Cat (based on the Edgar Allan Poe short story), The Suicide Club (based on the Robert Louis Stevenson short story) and Der Spuk (The Spectre).A remake, also directed by Oswald, was released in 1932.