A young man obsessed with the supernatural and the occult finds himself in the midst of events affecting a family hit by tragedy.
A classic of the horror genre filmed in black and white and using sound, the first film of this kind by Carl Dreyer, for which he had to take special lessons. With a main character very similar to the fans of the horror genre and a team of untrained actors with few exceptions, the film impresses with the dreamlike style it uses, playing ably with shadows and image overlays which actually represent very effective special effects in their early days. The story is a bit all over the place and confusing at times, but this is in perfect tune with the director's nightmare-dream intentions.
Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer
With: Julian West, Maurice Schutz, Rena Mandel, Sybille Schmitz
Rating: 9/10
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