Warning Shadows
During a dinner given by a wealthy baron and his wife, attended by four of her suitors in a 19th century German manor, a shadow-player rescues the marriage by giving all the guests a vision what might happen tonight if the baron stays jealous and the suitors do not reduce their advances towards his beautiful wife. Or was it a vision?
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📋 Film Details
| Original Title | Schatten – Eine nächtliche Halluzination |
| Year | 1923 |
| Country | Germany |
| Genre | Thriller, Fantasy, Drama, Horror |
| Director | Arthur Robison |
| Runtime | 90 min. |
| Rating | TMDB: 6.6/10 (38 votes) |
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🎬 MovieFinder's Take
Arthur Robison constructs the narrative like a precise clockwork mechanism of jealousy and deceit. The director relies on the expressive power of light and shadow, exploring the dark corners of the human psyche through a phantasmagoric vision.
What lingers after the final frame is a hypnotic uncertainty about what was real and what was illusion. The film masterfully suggests that the most terrifying shadows are those cast by the mind itself. — MovieFinder Editorial
Director: Arthur Robison
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Watch late at night, in darkness, to let the film's shadows merge with your own.
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