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After a road accident in Hungary, the American honeymooners Joan and Peter and the enigmatic Dr. Werdegast find refuge in the house of the famed architect Hjalmar Poelzig, who shares a dark past with the doctor.
Language
Budget$95,745
Revenue $236,000
Magyar,
Latin,
Français,
English
Budget$95,745
Revenue $236,000
Keywords
chess
prisoner of war
hungary
black and white
train
storm
psychiatrist
black cat
spiral staircase
high priest
newlywed
pre-code
based on short story
satanic ritual
satanic cult
psychotronic
preserved corpse
female corpse
devil worship
mystery writer
wife murderer
woman in peril
bus crash
europe honeymoon
flaying
glass display cases
gun turret
married to stepdaughter
Casts

Boris Karloff
Hjalmar Poelzig

Bela Lugosi
Dr. Vitus Werdegast

David Manners
Peter Alison

Julie Bishop
Joan Alison

Egon Brecher
The Majordomo

Harry Cording
Thamal

Lucille Lund
Karen

Henry Armetta
The Sergeant

Albert Conti
The Lieutenant

John Carradine
Cult Organist

John George
Cultist (uncredited)
Albert Pollet
Waiter (uncredited)
Crews
Peter Ruric
Story

Edgar G. Ulmer
Story

Edgar G. Ulmer
Director
John J. Mescall
Director of Photography
Peter Ruric
Screenplay

Edgar Allan Poe
Short Story
Heinz Roemheld
Music

Carl Laemmle Jr.
Producer
Charles D. Hall
Art Direction

Edgar G. Ulmer
Costume Design

Jack Pierce
Makeup Artist
E.M. Asher
Supervising Producer
Gilbert Kurland
Sound

Edgar G. Ulmer
Set Designer
William J. Reiter
Assistant Director
Ray Curtiss
Editor
Sam Weisenthal
Assistant Director
Tom Kilpatrick
Screenplay
M.F. Murphy
Production Manager

Roman Freulich
Still Photographer
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