Journey into the Night (1921)
Dr. Egil Börne, an eminent physician, comes under the spell of an unscrupulous cabaret dancer and deserts his fiancée. The plot finds echoes throughout the Weimar period, including Sternberg’s The Blue Angel. Conrad Veidt appears in a supporting role as a sinister blind painter, whose entrance eerily presages Murnau’s Nosferatu. Der Gang in die Nacht, the earliest surviving film by F. W. Murnau, is also, paradoxically, the only Murnau film for which the original camera negative exists.
Director: F. W. Murnau
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Olaf Fønss as Dr. Eigil Börne |
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Erna Morena as Helene |
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Conrad Veidt as Der Maler |
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Gudrun Bruun Stephensen as Lily |
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Clementine Plessner as |
| Directing | F. W. Murnau | Director |
| Art | Heinrich Richter | Art Direction |
| Writing | Carl Mayer | Writer |
| Production | Sascha Goron | Producer |
| Camera | Max Lutze | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Harriet Bloch | Story |
