Phantom
Directed by: F.W. Murnau
year: 1922 120 minutes
"[A]n object lesson in Murnau's subtle reinvention of visual expression..." - Michael Atkinson, Village Voice
PHANTOM marked a major turning point in the influential career and the groundbreaking style of cinema poet F.W. Murnau. In this beautifully reconstructed and restored edition from an amazingly detailed, original 1922 negative, Alfred Abel (METROPOLIS) plays Lorenz Lubota, a man obsessed with his own desires to achieve fame and wealth who must confront the barriers of class keeping him from a woman (Lya de Putti) with whom he has had a fateful encounter. Featuring a magnificent new orchestral score by Robert Israel, this powerfully expressive and surprisingly insightful film is a triumph of German Weimar cinema and a wonderful collaboration of many of its most skilled artisans and recognizable performers. Through dazzling visuals and memorable characters, PHANTOM paints a portrait of the corrupting influence of money, the conformity of societal norms and the redemptive power of family.
- Genres:
- Drama / Romantic Drama
- International / European / German
- Drama / Melodrama
- Silent / Silent Drama
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Once agian Murnau gives a wonderful story of the human nature. This movie brings home the truth that money if the root of all evil.
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