Eerie Tales (1919)
Unheimliche Geschichten
A demon, a reaper, and the ghost of a prostitute read gothic short stories and act them out.
- Date of release
- 1919-11-05
- TMDB
- 5.6 / 10 (26)
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Genres
- Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
- Director
- Richard Oswald
Casting
- Anita Berber — Die Dirne / Various Other Roles
- Conrad Veidt — Der Tod / Various Other Roles
- Reinhold Schünzel — Der Teufel / Various Other Roles
- Hugo Döblin
- Paul Morgan
- Georg John
- W. Arnoldi
- Bernhard Goetzke — A Friend at Table Seance
- Richard Oswald
- Hans Heinrich von Twardowski — Restaurant Waiter
Interesting facts
Unheimliche Geschichten, also known as Grausige Nächte or Eerie Tales, is a 1919 German silent anthology film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Conrad Veidt, Reinhold Schünzel, and Anita Berber. The film is divided into five segments: "The Apparition", "The Hand", "The Black Cat", "The Suicide Club" and "Der Spuk".
Production
Unheimliche Geschichten was directed, produced and co-written by Richard Oswald. The film stars Anita Berber, Reinhold Schünzel and Conrad Veidt as the Harlot, the Devil and Death in the opening sequence, but they also play various other roles in each of the five stories.
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