Fear (1917)

With Autumn quickly approaching, WSF takes on another German expressionist silent horror written and directed by Caligari's Robert Wiene. FURCHT (FEAR) is the tale of Count Greven (Bruno Decarli)'s eventual descent into madness and hysteria with his obsession of collecting one too many of the world's greatest treasures. Lured by rumors of a sacred statue's mystic qualities, Greven's theft from an Indian temple leads to a masterpiece of torment and guilt, gradually rising the wrath of a High Priest (Conrad Veidt) who gives Greven just seven years to live . . . FURCHT is noted as being Veidt's earliest (known) surviving film. + Mentioned in this podcast: Article featuring David Bowie and how Buster Keaton influenced him: Hosted by YiFeng, Bob and Lily. Originally recorded on July 31, 2020

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Fear (1917) is an episode from Watching Silent Films by Watching Silent Films.

This episode is 00:46:19 long.

This episode was published on Sep 18, 2020.

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