Czechoslovakia, 1931
73m
35mm film, black and white
silent
A Czech horror film directed by Leo Marten.
Plot Summary
Following the dissolution of his marriage, Petr heads for the Riviera hoping to put his life back together. His friend January meets a beautiful young woman. Olga, who then disappears. Catching up with her, January suffers a car crash and is taken to a mysterious sanatorium where the guests are very strange…
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Leo Marten
Written by: Frantisek Horký
Based on the Short Story by: Edgar Allan Poe
Directors of Photography: Karol Kopriva, January Stallich
Art Director: Bohumil Hes
Cast
Jan W. Speerger (Petr Leroy)
Milada Matysova (Milada Leroyová)
Jiří Hron (Jan)
Erna Zenísková (Olga)
Eduard Šimáček (Petr’s servant and attendant)
Theodor Pištěk (MUDr. Falk)
Henri Baudin (MUDr. Gordon)
Václav Mlčkovský (bar manager)
Josef Bělský (croupier)
Karel Schleichert (doorman/patient)
Eman Fiala, Ruzena Hofmanová, Robert Guttmann, Eduard Slégl, Ferry Seidl, Frantiska Guthová, Frank Argus (patients)
Karel Šilhánek, Antonín Kubový, Viktor Nejedlý (attendants)
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See also
L’étrange fiancée (1930)
La mansión de la locura (1973)
Sílení (2005)
Stonehearst Asylum (2014)
