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Genuine

Genuine

1920Movie⏱️ 1h 28m
FantasyHorrorRomance
5.9
IMDB Rating
1,249 votes

Genuine is an ancient and cruel divinity, who seduces men and induce them to kill as a proof of love.

Director
Robert Wiene
Writers
N/A
Stars
Fern Andra, Hans Heinrich von Twardowski, Ernst Gronau
Release Date
December 12, 1921
Language
None, German
Country
Germany
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Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Fern Andra
Fern Andra
as Genuine
Hans Heinrich von Twardowski
Hans Heinrich von Twardowski
as Florian
👤
Ernst Gronau
as Lord Melo
Harald Paulsen
Harald Paulsen
as Percy Melo
👤
Albert Bennefeld
as Curzon
John Gottowt
John Gottowt
as Guyard
👤
Louis Brody
as The Malay

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Bioscop-Atelier, Neubabelsberg, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany
Production
Decla-Bioscop AG

🏷️ Keywords

expressionismsilent filmsilent moviepsychic vampirepagan

🎯 Categories

FantasyHorrorRomance

⭐ Featured Review

No Caligari
by cstotlar-12013-01-18
4/10

"I caught this years back at the Paris Cinematheque hoping to find something of interest from the director of Caligari. It was a disappointment in just about every way for me. First, the film at its original length seemed to go on forever. The elements were there, granted, but they didn't combine as they did in the previous film. I had the feeling of watching a film that was going through all the necessary steps but missing all the points. It was more an exercise in style which blindly followed all the guidelines but missed going anywhere. On the other hand, and perhaps unfairly to subsequ..."

💡 Did You Know?

A 43-minute condensation of this silent film can be found as an Extra Feature on the Kino Video DVD of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920). A full-length version is stored at the Munich City Film Museum archive in Germany. A VHS transfer of a full length version (with French intertitles) exists. A copy can be found on YouTube.

📖 Synopsis

Genuine is an ancient and cruel divinity, who seduces men and induce them to kill as a proof of love.