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The Haunted Castle

192182 minGermany
HorrorCrimeMystery

Synopsis

Rain confines a hunting party to a country castle, where the arrival of Count Oetsch unsettles the guests. Suspected of killing his brother, he is an unwelcome presence for the dead man's widow and her new husband. As a priest hears the widow's account of the past, the gathering becomes a contest between public suspicion and concealed guilt.

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Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs
80:08
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No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

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Wikimedia Commons · F. W. Murnau · Public domain

Cast

DirectorsF. W. Murnau

Behind the scenes

Murnau filmed the mystery with sets by Hermann Warm. The German title, Schloss Vogelöd, distinguishes this production from other films released in English as The Haunted Castle.

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