Satanas
(1920) Germany
B&W : Feature film
Directed by F.W. Murnau
Cast: Fritz Kortner, Sadjah Gezza, Ernst Hofmann, Margit Barnay, Else Berna, Kurt Ehrle, Jaro Fürth, Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur, Martin Wolfgang, Marija Leiko, Elsa Wagner, Max Kronert, [?] Conrad Veidt?
[?] Ernst Hofmann-Film or Viktoria-Film Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung? production. / Scenario by Robert Wiene, from the novel Lucrece Borgia by Victor Hugo. Art direction by Ernst Stern. Cinematography by Karl Freund. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama: Historical.
Synopsis: A three-part historical film, with episode one taking place in ancient Egypt, the second is based on the Hugo novel, and the third episode takes place during the 1917 Russian revolution.
Survival status: The film is presumed lost : A brief fragment of the film, only a few feet, from the first episode has been recovered and exists in the Cinématheque française film archive.
Current rights holder: Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung.
Listing updated: 28 September 2013.
References: Lloyd-Seventy p. 34 : Website-IMDb.
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