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Unheimliche Geschichten (lit. Uncanny Stories) 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).Richard Oswald later remade the film again in 1932 as The Living Dead.
Original Release
11/05/1919
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Anita Berber | Die Dirne / Die Dirne (framing story) / Woman (ep.1) / Girlfriend (ep.2) / Wife of drunk (ep.3) / Sister of club president (ep.4) / Wife (ep.5) / Various Other Roles |
| Conrad Veidt | Der Tod / Der Tod (framing story) / The stranger (ep.1) / The assassin (ep.2) / Traveller (ep.3) / Club president (ep.4) / Husband (ep.5) / Various Other Roles |
| Reinhold Schünzel | Der Teufel / Der Teufel (framing story) / Former husband (ep.1) / Murderer (ep,2) / Drunk (ep.3) / Artur Silas,detective (ep.4) / Travelling Baron (ep.5) / Various Other Roles |
| Hugo Döblin | |
| Paul Morgan | |
| Georg John | |
| W. Arnoldi | |
| Bernhard Goetzke | A Friend at Table Seance / A Friend at Table Seance (2nd story) |
| Hans Heinrich von Twardowski | Restaurant Waiter / Restaurant Waiter (2nd story) |
| Richard Oswald | Self in Prologue |
Directors
Writers
Richard Oswald, Anselma Heine, Robert Liebmann, Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Anita Berber | Die Dirne / Die Dirne (framing story) / Woman (ep.1) / Girlfriend (ep.2) / Wife of drunk (ep.3) / Sister of club president (ep.4) / Wife (ep.5) / Various Other Roles |
| Conrad Veidt | Der Tod / Der Tod (framing story) / The stranger (ep.1) / The assassin (ep.2) / Traveller (ep.3) / Club president (ep.4) / Husband (ep.5) / Various Other Roles |
| Reinhold Schünzel | Der Teufel / Der Teufel (framing story) / Former husband (ep.1) / Murderer (ep,2) / Drunk (ep.3) / Artur Silas,detective (ep.4) / Travelling Baron (ep.5) / Various Other Roles |
| Hugo Döblin | |
| Paul Morgan | |
| Georg John | |
| W. Arnoldi | |
| Bernhard Goetzke | A Friend at Table Seance / A Friend at Table Seance (2nd story) |
| Hans Heinrich von Twardowski | Restaurant Waiter / Restaurant Waiter (2nd story) |
| Richard Oswald | Self in Prologue |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Richard Oswald | Producer |
