Warning Shadows

Warning Shadows

1923 · 90 min · DE · 6.5 (31 votes)
Dir. Arthur Robison · Starring Alexander Granach, Fritz Kortner, Ruth Weyher, Gustav von Wangenheim, Eugen Rex, Lilli Herder

Arthur Robison's Expressionist Thriller

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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. Or was it a vision?

VIBE

A haunting, dreamlike descent into psychological unease. The film's expressionistic visuals and unsettling atmosphere create a palpable sense of dread, blurring the lines between reality and nightmare.

unsettlingdreamlikeeerieclaustrophobicslow-burnGerman Expressionismsilent filmshadow playarthousejealousydesireillusionfate
expressionismgerman expressionism
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