The dead awaken
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| Original title | The dead awaken |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1915 |
| length | 73 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Adolf Gärtner |
| script | Ernst Reicher |
| camera | Max Fassbender |
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The Dead Awake is a German detective film from 1915 in the Stuart Webbs film series .
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This film from the Webbs series is characterized by the fact that it combines strong horror elements more than any other productions - in keeping with the Gothic tradition , as you can find it in contemporary literature and later in other films. In addition, this time, more than ever, Webbs emphasizes his own characteristics, which take on almost parodic traits, and sometimes acts as a blasé dandy, sometimes as a shrewd tactician and then again as a nonchalant disguise artist who knows how to perfectly adapt to any situation.
In this tricky case, Webbs is called in to solve a series of alleged suicides. The case is very opaque - nothing is what it seems at first glance. Are the suicides really dead at all? Webbs first suspects an Indian servant of a nobleman who, thanks to Stuart's research, turns out to be innocent. The other exotic characters that appear in the story also all seem rather opaque and devious, as if they were in league with evil. In a dark vault there is finally a showdown: The petrified-looking dead, lined up like a wax museum, suddenly awaken to new life in front of their alleged murderer!
Production notes
Was filmed The Dead Awaken , the sixth film in this series, in the summer of 1915 in Stuart Webb's movie studio in Berlin-Weissensee ninth in the Franz-Josef-Straße The same company also was responsible for the production responsible. The external shoots took place in Bad Saarow-Pieskow . The dead awake has a length of four acts at 1,342 meters, which corresponds to a playing time of almost 73 minutes. After the film was censored in September 1915, the premiere took place the following month.
rental
The film still exists and can be rented from Filmportal.de.
Web links
- The Dead Awaken in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The dead awaken at The German Early Cinema Database
- The dead awaken at filmportal.de