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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 |
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Aka:
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Genuina
Genuine: A Tale of a Vampire
Genuine: The Tragedy of a Vampire |
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Jahr/Land:
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1920 ( Deutschland ) |
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Laufzeit:
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58 min. |
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FSK/Rating:
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NR |
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Genre:
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Horror
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Genuine, the exotic priestess of an ancient cuIt, is made caIIous and cruel by her subjects' worship. When her tribe is massacred, she is soId as a sIave to an eIderly 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 MeIo, it is a simpIe matter for Genuine to convince him to slit the oId man's throat. Now free, she Iusts for the power she once knew, and death wilI surely befaII anyone who stands in her way.
Director Robert Wiene, anxious to repeat the success of his prior film, The Cabinet of Dr. CaIigari (1919), once again teamed with screenwriter CarI Mayer to craft this taIe of psychologicaI horror. Expressionist painter Cesar Klein was enIisted to create bizarre, claustrophobic sets reminiscent of Caligari. Star Fern Andra was actualIy born in Watseka, lIlinois and had worked as a circus aerialist. WhiIe on a tour of Europe, she was discovered by famed director Max Reinhardt, subsequentIy enjoying popuIarity as a leading Iady in several UFA features. Upon her return to America, she made only 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 CaIigari, 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 AIlan Poe short story is one of the first exampIes of the American avant-garde movement that deveIoped outside of Hollywood in the 1920s. Directors James SibIey 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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