Lilith and Ly

Lilith and Ly (1919)

Lilith und Ly

In this apparently lost film an inventor uses a strange jewel to bring to life a statue of Lilith, and falls in love with her. Soon, however, she begins to appear on a screen, also developed by the inventor, which reveals her to be a vampire who is slowly sucking his life essence from him, causing him to gradually fade away. He realizes the situation has become even more drastic when he notices his new love, Ly, is being possessed by Lilith and has also begun fading away.

Date of release
1919-01-01
TMDB
9.0 / 10 (1)
Genres
Horror, Drama, Science Fiction
Director
Erich Kober

Casting

Interesting facts

Lilith and Ly is a 1919 lost Austrian vampire film directed by Erich Kober and written by Fritz Lang. The film combines the vampire legend with that of the golem. The film is a rare example from the 1910s of depicting a vampire as an explicitly supernatural blood consuming being, instead of depicting it symbolically.

Production

The script might have been the first written by Lang, and may have been made by him during a hospital stay. Contemporary news coverage of the film claim that Lang was inspired by Sanskrit writings he had encountered during travels in Asia. The film was part of a larger trend of occult films during the period in Austria.

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