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Unheimliche Geschichten (Uncanny Stories) is a 1932 German horror/comedy film directed by the prolific Austrian film director Richard Oswald, starring Paul Wegener, and produced by Gabriel Pascal.
The story is a merging of three separate short stories, Edgar Allan Poe's The Black Cat, The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether and Robert Louis Stevenson's The Suicide Club, set within a story frame of a reporter's hunt for a crazy scientist. It is a black comedy revisiting many of the classic themes of the horror genre. It was Paul Wegener's first talking movie.
Original Release
09/07/1932
US Release
12/16/1940
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Paul Wegener | Mörder |
| Maria Koppenhöfer | Hoheit |
| Blandine Ebinger | Junge Dame im Selbstmörderklub |
| Eugen Klöpfer | Chefarzt |
| Harald Paulsen | Frank Briggs / Frank Briggs, Journalist |
| Roma Bahn | Frau des Mörders |
| Mary Parker | Renate, seine Verlobte / Briggs' Fiancée |
| Paul Henckels | Arzt in der Unfallstation |
| Gerhard Bienert | Kriminalkommissar |
| John Gottowt | Beamter des Mechanischen Museums |
Directors
Writers
Richard Oswald, Heinz Goldberg, Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson, Jenõ Szatmári
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Paul Wegener | Mörder |
| Maria Koppenhöfer | Hoheit |
| Blandine Ebinger | Junge Dame im Selbstmörderklub |
| Eugen Klöpfer | Chefarzt |
| Harald Paulsen | Frank Briggs / Frank Briggs, Journalist |
| Roma Bahn | Frau des Mörders |
| Mary Parker | Renate, seine Verlobte / Briggs' Fiancée |
| Paul Henckels | Arzt in der Unfallstation |
| Gerhard Bienert | Kriminalkommissar |
| John Gottowt | Beamter des Mechanischen Museums |
| Erwin Kalser | Redner in der Irrenanstalt |
| Franz Stein | Kreisel in der Irrenanstalt |
| Gretel Berndt | Junges Mädchen in der Irrenanstalt |
| Ilse Fürstenberg | 38-Jährige in der Irrenanstalt / Frau in der Irrenanstalt |
| Carl Heinz Charrell | Portier in der Irrenanstalt |
| Fred Goebel | Zweiter Redakteur |
| Natascha Silvia | Mädchen |
| Karl Meinhardt | Spieler |
| Michael von Newlinsky | Spieler |
| Hans Behal | Bankrotteur |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Richard Oswald | Producer |
| Gabriel Pascal | Producer |
