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Unheimliche Geschichten (lit. Uncanny Stories), also known as Grausige Nächte (lit. Nights of Terror) or Eerie Tales, is a 1919 German silent anthology film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Conrad Veidt, Reinhold Schünzel, and Anita Berber.
AKA: Unheimliche Geschichten, this German film by director Richard Oswald earns a special place in history as the first horror portmanteau. It features 5 stories by authors such as Edgar Allen Poe and Robert Louis Stevenson, framed by a wraparound set in an antique bookseller's shop where 3 paintings on the wall come to life at midnight to swap ...
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Eerie Tales: Directed by Richard Oswald. With Anita Berber, Conrad Veidt, Reinhold Schünzel, Hugo Döblin. A demon, a reaper, and the ghost of a prostitute read gothic short stories and act them out.
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- Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
- Richard Oswald
- 1919-11-05
Feb 14, 2014 · Eerie Tales is meant as a tongue-in-cheek horror film with moments of both pure terror and utter silliness, and in this it succeeds, assisted by the infinity talented Veidt and his accomplished co-stars.
Overview. After the old-books shop closes, portraits of the Strumpet, Death, and the Devil come to life and amuse themselves by reading stories--about themselves. Richard Oswald. Director, Story. Robert Liebmann. Story. Robert Louis Stevenson. Story. Anselma Heine. Story.
Unheimliche Geschichten was directed, produced and co-written by Richard Oswald. The film stars Anita Berber, Reinhold Schünzel and Conrad Veidt as the Harlot, the Devil and Death in the opening sequence, but they also play various other roles in each of the five stories.
Unheimliche Geschichten (lit. Uncanny Stories), titled Eerie Tales in English, is a 1919 German silent anthology film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Conrad Veidt. The film is split into five stories: The Apparition, The Hand, The Black Cat (based on the Edgar Allan Poe short story), The Sui
