Warning Shadows
“Arthur Robison's Expressionist Thriller”
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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Cast
12 people
Alexander Granach
Shadowplayer
Known for
Nosferatu
Ninotchka
Fritz Kortner
The Count
Known for
Pandora's Box
The Hands of Orlac
Ruth Weyher
His Wife
Also in
Secrets of a Soul
The Chaste Susanne
Gustav von Wangenheim
Her Lover
Known for
Nosferatu
Woman in the Moon
Eugen Rex
A Servant
Also in
The Burning Soil
Congress Dances
Lilli Herder
The Maid
No other roles listed
Fritz Rasp
Diener
Known for
Metropolis
Diary of a Lost Girl
Karl Platen
2. Diener
Known for
M
Destiny
Max Gülstorff
2. Kavalier
Known for
The Punch Bowl
Ferdinand von Alten
3. Kavalier
Known for
Champagne
Rudolf Klein-Rogge
Known for
Metropolis
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
Heinrich Gotho
Known for
Woman in the Moon
Arthur Robison Director · Rudolf Schneider Writer Fritz Arno Wagner Cinematographer
First release October 16, 1923 · Produced in Germany · Original title Schatten – Eine nächtliche Halluzination
Production
Pan-Film
Production
Germany
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Schatten – Eine nächtliche Halluzination
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
Germany · October 16, 1923
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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