Over the next 100 days, I will present one movie of significances in horror, suspense or thrillers for each year from 1919 to 2018. The seventh film presented here is the 1926 German Expressionist silent horror classic The Student of Prague directed by Henrik Galeen and starring Conrad Veidt.
The Student of Prague- (1926) Germany
Dir- Henrik Galeen
A poor student named Balduin decides to sell his mirror image to a man named Scapinelli, a stranger he meets. In exchange for this, he is promised success and the love of an aristocratic woman. When his doppelganger becomes an annoyance, he actively seeks to halt it. This classic tale was told in Edgar Allan Poe's story of William Wilson and makes a great early chiller for its wonderful setting and direction. Unlike its predecessor, this version had a better budget and better feel due to the many years of progress made in filmmaking. This silent remake would be remade once again with sound in 1935.
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