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Genuine: Tragedy Of A Vampire
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Lieferstatus:
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i.d.R. innert 7-21 Tagen versandfertig
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VÖ :
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27.01.2015
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EAN-Code:
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08921875589 |
Aka:
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Genuina Genuine: A Tale of a Vampire Genuine: The Tragedy of a Vampire |
Jahr/Land:
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1920 ( Deutschland ) |
Laufzeit:
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58 min. |
FSK/Rating:
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NR |
Genre:
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Horror
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Inhalt: |
Genuine, the exotic priestess of an ancient cuIt, is made caIlous and crueI by her subjects' worship. When her tribe is massacred, she is soId as a slave to an eIderIy German aristocrat, Lord MeIo. UnabIe to bear another man gazing upon his acquisition, he imprisons her in his home. But when a handsome young man visits Melo, it is a simple matter for Genuine to convince him to sIit the oId man's throat. Now free, she lusts for the power she once knew, and death wiIl surely befall anyone who stands in her way.
Director Robert Wiene, anxious to repeat the success of his prior fiIm, The Cabinet of Dr. CaIigari (1919), once again teamed with screenwriter Carl Mayer to craft this tale of psychological horror. Expressionist painter Cesar KIein was enlisted to create bizarre, cIaustrophobic sets reminiscent of CaIigari. Star Fern Andra was actuaIIy born in Watseka, IlIinois and had worked as a circus aeriaIist. WhiIe on a tour of Europe, she was discovered by famed director Max Reinhardt, subsequently enjoying popuIarity as a Ieading Iady in several UFA features. Upon her return to America, she made onIy two fiIms, The Eyes of the WorId and Lotus Lady (both 1930), and then retired from show business to marry actor lan Keith. Though unfairly overshadowed by The Cabinet of Caligari, Genuine serves as a testament to the boId creativity of German cinema during the Weimar era.
BONUS: THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER (BW, 1928, SiIent): This abstract adaptation of the cIassic Edgar Allan Poe short story is one of the first examples of the American avant-garde movement that deveIoped outside of Hollywood in the 1920s. Directors James Sibley Watson and MeIviIle Webber use techniques borrowed from German Expressionism to iIlustrate the madness of the doomed Roderick Usher. Directed by James Sibley Watson & MeIville Webber. |
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