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040			_cSILC
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050	1	4	_aPN1997 _b.S783 1926
100			_aHenrik Galeen
240		4	_aThe Man Who Cheated Life _aThe Student of Prague
245	0	4	_aDer Student von Prag _h[videorecording]= _bThe Student of Prague _cHenrik Galeen
246	3		_aThe Student of Prague
246	3		_aThe Man Who Cheated Life
260			_aGermany _bAlpha Video Distributors _c1926
300			_a1 videodisc (ca. 91 min.) _bsilent, black & white. _c4 3/4 in.
500			_aLoosely based on "William Wilson", a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, the poem "The December Night" by Alfred de Musset, and Faust.
520			_aFrom case cover: Although he is known as the finest fencer in Prague, Balduin bemoans his lot in life. In the depths of his despair, the poor university student is accosted by the mysterious Scapinelli, who makes him a deal that seems too good to be true: in exchange for his choice of Balduin's meager possessions, Scapinelli offers the staggering sum of 600,000 gold pieces. Agreeing to the terms, Balduin watches in amazement as Scapinelli approaches the mirror and summons Balduin's reflection from it, walking away with the blank-faced doppleganger in tow. Balduin senses he's made a terrible mistake, but begins to enjoy his new life as a wealthy socialite, finding love with a young countess. The hefty price of his bargain becomes clear, though, as his reflection begins to interfere with his newfound happiness in a most sinister way. This highly-acclaimed 1926 version of The Student of Prague features Conrad Veidt in the lead role of Balduin. Veidt made a name for himself in numerous German Expressionist films of the silent era, including The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, where he portrayed the somnambulist Cesare. After fleeing Hitler's Germany in the thirties, Veidt appeared primarily in American produced films, among them Casablanca, which found him playing Nazi officer Heinrich Strasser. _bFrom IMDb: For Balduin, going out to beer parties with his fellow students and fighting out disputes at the tip of the sword have lost their charms. He wants to find love; but how would he, a penniless student, ever dare looking up to any woman worth of loving? Absorbed in his dreary thoughts and indifferent to the advances of Lyduschka, Balduin is unexpectedly offered a fortune by the mysterious money-lender Scapinelli - but on a strange condition...
538			_aDVD video; Dolby Digital 2.0; monaural; NTSC; Region 1-8; 4:3 fullscreen.
546			_aSilent film with music accompaniment.
700			_aHanns Heinz Ewers _eScreenwriter
700			_aHarry R. Sokal _eProducer
700			_aWilly Schmidt-Gentner _eMusic
700			_aGünther Krampf _eCinematography
700			_aErich Nitzschmann _eCinematography
700			_aConrad Veidt _eActor
700			_aElizza La Porta _eActor
700			_aFritz Alberti _eActor
700			_aÁgnes Eszterházy _eActor
700			_aFerdinand von Alten _eActor
700			_aWerner Krauss _eActor
700			_aErich Kober _eActor
700			_aMax Maximilian _eActor
700			_aMarian Alma _eActor
700			_aAdolf Peter Hoffmann _eActor
700			_aSylvia Torf _eActor
942			_2lcc _cDVD