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'The Count of Cagliostro' (German: 'Der Graf von Cagliostro') is a 1920 Austrian silent horror film directed and co-written by Reinhold Schnzel and starring Schnzel, Anita Berber and Conrad Veidt.Hutchings p.323 It depicts the life of the eighteenth century Italian mesmerist and occultist Alessandro Cagliostro. The film's art direction was by Oscar Werndorff and Carl Hoffmann handled the cinematography. Some sources list this film as a German production. It is today considered a lost film, and little is known about it.Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 213.. It is listed simply as 'Cagliostro' in some film references.

Director Schuenzel cast himself in the starring role, and hired Conrad Veidt to merely play a minister in the film, when Veidt was much better suited at the time for the lead. Schuenzel went on to become a noted actor in later years, even appearing in American-made films such as 'Dreagonwyck' and Alfred Hitchcock's 'Notorious' (both 1946).Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 213.. Cameraman Carl Hoffmann went on to work for Fritz Lang and F.W. Murnau, before becoming a director himself in 1928.Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 213..

Cast



* Reinhold Schnzel as Cagliostro

* Anita Berber as Lorenza, Cagliostro's slave

* Conrad Veidt as the Minister

* Carl Goetz as the Prince

* Hugo Werner-Kahle as Cagliostro's servant

* Hanni Weisse as the Favorite of the Prince

* as the Maid of the Favorite

* Walter Huber

* Heinrich Jensen

* Armin Seydelmann

* Ferry Sikla

References



Bibliography



* Hutchings, Peter. 'The A to Z of Horror Cinema'. Scarecrow Press, 2009.


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