Figures of the Night
Figures of the Night (German:Nachtgestalten) is a 1920 German silent horror film written, directed and produced by Richard Oswald and starring Paul Wegener, Conrad Veidt, Reinhold Schünzel and Erna Morena. It is based on the novel "Eleagabal Kuperus" by Karl Hans Strobl. Strobl was the editor of a German horror fiction magazine called "Der Orchideengarten" which was said to have been influenced by the works of Edgar Allan Poe. Strobl was an anti-Semitic and later willingly joined the Nazi Party, which may explain why he has become an obscure literary figure today.

The film's art direction was by Hans Dreier, and Carl Hoffmann handled the cinematography. Hoffmann went on to collaborate with such noted German directors as Fritz Lang and F.W. Murnau. It was filmed at the Babelsberg Studio in Berlin. No print of the film is known to survived, making it a lost film.
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Richard Oswald
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Paul Wegener
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Conrad Veidt
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Reinhold Schünzel
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Erna Morena
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Karl Hans Strobl
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Hans Dreier
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