Student of Prague:Silent Classic
by Henrik Galeen
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Actor: Conrad VeidtDirector: Henrik Galeen
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Silent
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 90 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-09-28
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Alpha Video
Movie Reviews of Student of Prague:Silent Classic
Movie Review: German Horror's forgotten masterpiece
Summary: 5 Stars
The Student of Prague(1926) is one of the darkest and most emotional of the classic silent horror films,and a true masterpiece of cinema.
Unfortunately,Alpha Video has released a mediocre print of the film which hardly does it justice.
Many on here have already commented on that,but I must make one thing clear:it's also the only print available in North America.
So,until a new print becomes available,I will reccomend this film,for Alpha at least bothered to release it!
Originally filmed in 1913 with Paul Wegener(The Golem) and inspired by the short stories,"Tale of the German Student" an "William Willson",this film version brings much more depth than any previous version.
Directed by "Nosferatu's" art director,the brilliant,enigmatic,Henrik Galeen,the movie follows the story of a young student who is in poverty and is hopelessly lost in love.
Along comes a mysterious man named Scapinelli,who offers him 600 pieces of gold in return for the student's reflection.
At first,things work fine for the student,until his doppelganger begins to tear his life apart...
Brilliantly handled,with a wonderful use of shadows and atmosphere,as Conrad Veidt(the student) world begins to colllapse around him.
Veidt is very sympathetic in the lead role,able to inject much pathos and humanity,and equally sinister qualities in his alter ego.
Werner Krauss,Dr.Caligari himself,is also well suited in the role of Scapinelli,the Mephistopheles character to Veidt's Faust.
I'm not quite sure why Kino or Image hasn't released this classic,yet,but hopefully we will see one of this(and it's 1913 blueprint)on better DVDs in the future.
Still,glad to have seen it at ALL.
Very classic horror film.
Highly reccomended.
Summary of Student of Prague:Silent Classic
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