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Lothar Mehnert.
Frame enlargement: Silent Era image collection.
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Schloß Vogelöd
(Vogelod Castle)
Also known as Schloß Vogelöd: Die Enthüllung eines Geheimnisses (The Haunted Castle: The Exposure of a Secret) in Germany; Vogelod Castle and The Haunted Castle in the USA : [Schloss Vogeloed]
(1921) Germany
B&W : Feature film
Directed by F.W. Murnau
Cast: Arnold Korff [Lord von Vogelschrey], Lulu Kyser-Korff [Lady von Vogelschrey], Lothar Mehnert [Count Johann Oetsch], Paul Hartmann [Count Peter Paul Oetsch], Paul Bildt [Baron Safferstätt], Olga Tschechowa [Baroness Safferstätt], Victor Blütner [Father Faramund], Hermann Vallentin [the provincial judge (retired)], Julius Falkenstein [the anxious man], Robert Leffler [the butler], Walter Kurt-Kuhle [a servant], Loni Nest [Kleines mädchen], Ursula Nest Zweites Kleines mädchen], Georg Zawatzky [küchenjunge], [?] Werner Krauss?
UCO-Film production; distributed by Decla-Bioskop Aktiengesellschaft. / Scenario by Carl Mayer, from a short story by Rudolf Stratz. Artistic consultant, Count F. Montgelas. Art direction and set design by Hermann Warm. Costume design by S. Adams House. Cinematography by Fritz Arno Wagner and László Schäffer. / Released 7 April 1921. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released in the USA as Vogelod Castle in 1921.
Drama: Crime.
Survival status: Prints exist [35mm preservation positive]; also in private film collections [16mm reduction positives].
Current rights holder: Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung [Germany]; Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 20 December 2023.
References: Limbacher-Feature p. 104; Lloyd-Seventy pp. 33, 34; Vermilye-Twenties p. 179 : Website-IMDb.
Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.
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