The man in the mirror

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Movie
Original title The man in the mirror
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 1916
Rod
Director Robert Wiene
script Robert Wiene
Richard Wurmfeld
production Oskar Messter
music Giuseppe Becce
camera Karl friend
occupation

Der Mann im Spiegel is a German silent film - melodrama from 1916 by Robert Wiene with Bruno Decarli in the title role.

action

Bruno Decarli embodies a man who one day finds out that his sister has been seduced by a young prince. On the day of the prince's wedding, his brother murdered him. The young widow of the murdered man only saw the perpetrator briefly in the mirror once, but when they meet again, her intuition tells her that this must be the man in the mirror, her husband's murderer. She desperately wants to bring the perpetrator to justice, uses her female weapons and ensnares him until he confesses his love to the young widow. The moment the perpetrator admits his guilt, it happened to her too. The widow has fallen in love with her husband's murderer. Torn between the thirst for revenge and awakening passion, she has no other way out than to take her own life.

Production notes

The man in the mirror was made in the spring of 1916 in the Messter-Film-Atelier in Berlin's Blücherstraße 32, passed film censorship in May 1916 and was only premiered in October 1917 in Berlin's Mozart Hall. The film, which was banned from young people, had four acts.

Ludwig Kainer created the buildings .

criticism

The cinematographer found that the material was not really new, but that it was presented here with extraordinary skill and that Robert Wiene implemented it with exquisite taste.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Some sources name Robert's brother Conrad Wiene .
  2. ↑ Der Kinematograph 10, No. 512 (1916).