Early Murnau: Five Films, 1921-1925 (Region B) USED

One of the most influential and revered figures in all of cinema, Friedrich Wilheim Murnau came to prominence in the first half of the 1920s with a diverse string of productions ranging from buoyant satire to swirling psychological drama. Five key works are presented here: Schlo Vogeld, Phantom, Die Finanzen des Groherzogs (The Grand Dukes Finances), Der Letzte Mann (The Last Laugh) and Tartuffe.

In the sinister mystery Schlo Vogeld, terrible secrets from the past threaten a group of aristocrats gathering at a country manor. In the delirious Phantom, an aspiring poets chance encounter with a beautiful woman leads into obsession and deception. The delightful Die Finanzen des Groherzogs sees a rakish-but-impoverished duke setting out to rebuild his fortune via blissfully comic high adventure on the Mediterranean coast. In Der Letzte Mann, one of the undisputed masterpieces of the silent era, Emil Jannings gives an overwhelming performance a