The Student of Prague (1913) Stellan Rye & Paul Wegener
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The Student of Prague (Der Student von Prag) is a 1913 German silent film by Stellan Rye and Paul Wegener: • Paul Wegener
it is considered as a precursor film of the expressionist movement that will characterize German cinema in the 1920s: • 04.2 The German Expres...
Balduin, a poor student, saves a beautiful countess and soon falls in love with her. A strange creepy old man, named Scapinelli, makes a pact with the young man to give him fabulous wealth and everything he wants, if he signs a contract with his name. The student signs the contract, and the man in return takes his reflection in the mirror. From this moment on, Balduin’s reflection will haunt the young man, leading him to commit unthinkable acts.
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Who's here after 108 years to see this masterpiece 💥😁
you are right
literally everybody.
110½ years already; incredible quality, top-notch musical score, a perfect upload.
I feel sorry for people who automatically exclude these films from their viewing, because they are "old", but the people at the time tried to make them as exciting as they could with musicians playing along etc. The wonderful restorations on the Eureka! label are gorgeous. Nosferatu, particularly, at full length, correct running speed and utilising coloured tints is a wonderful film. Bad copies run at incorrect speeds have damaged the public's view of these wonderful "silent" films. One of my favorites is Murnau's Faust, an exquisite example of "silent" German cinema.
Its so fantastic to see a movie that was made the year before the great war. This is not one or two but several world-changing events and eras ago, a memory of a culture that was later shook and changed multiple times. Even seeing movies from the 20's feel distinctly more recognizable and relatable to me, but this (1913) was even before total war of annihilation - which would be seen twice afterwards - was concievable to most people. I wonder what the flow of thoughts were for this people, what mattered to them and how they were subconsciously so different to those of even just a few years later.
A truly amazing film from over a century ago! Let that sink in .... Nearly 110 years.
Thank you for this precious film! Haunting in every way. Beautifully produced and acted. Several of the artists involved met a tragic fate.
Watched this movie today for its 110th anniversary.
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Excellent work, especially by Wegener. That last shot especially is just out of this world.
The first official horror film ever made? I want to think so. It is remarkable that as early as 1913, they were able to tell a story with consistency, infinite camera shots and angles, multiple characters, shot in location... at a time when cinema consisted of one-reel films of 8 or 10 minutes maximum, shot mostly in interiors, with very few characters and with basically no plot. THE BIRTH OF A NATION (1915) is regarded as the first real movie ever made, but this one here precedes it. I had thought it would be long lost, like many films of the silent period, and I was greatly surprised to find out that still exists and that it has been restored. This film is now 110 years old. Incredible!
Birth of a Nation was the first great American film. But in Europe, feature films like this had already been produced for some time. Griffith left Biograph precisely because he wanted to make big films like those in Italy or France. Keep looking, I'm sure you'll find many more wonderful surprises on this channel.
Sadegh hadayat's favourit movie❤
this film was pretty much the beginning of horror genre in film, pretty cooooool
thank you for watching
Thanks for the German Expressionist Movement lesson @SidarSerdarKarakas
Excellent! Thank you!
¡¡¡ Que maravilla este film !!.
Bravo
Thanks for sharing it
Thank you!
I am currently Reading "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era" by Christopher Workman and Troy Howarth. Before I read each film's entry, I am watching it; if it is not lost to time. Unfortunately, many of these movies are no longer available to us. The book is chronological and begins in 1895. I have watched all the films that I can from 1895 up to the 1913 release of "Student of Prague" and this is so far, my favorite. Who doesn't love a good evil twin plot (for instance Gilligan vs. Gilligan)?The only complaint that I have is the actress playing the countess seems to be way too old for her role which is rather distracting. Granted I have not reached "Nosferatu" or "Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" yet. I would recommend trying this technique for anyone who wants to understand horror films earliest development.
Did it creep anyone else out when it's reflection walked out of the mirror?
Thumbnail is of the 1926 version.
I did it
I'll never understand why they were able to get a score on film but not dialogue. If you can apply music after the fact, why not voices?
Technically speaking, it is not difficult to add dialogue dubbing. But this film was not designed as a sound film. The actors' acting, all based on body mimicry, would be ridiculous by adding the expressiveness of the dialogues. The images were designed to be able to express themselves without speech. So, why distort such a beautiful film? It is already perfect as it is