Unheimliche Geschichten

Unheimliche Geschichten Uncanny Stories is a 1932 German horrorcomedy film directed by the prolific Austrian film director Richard Oswald, starring Paul Wegener, and produced by Gabriel Pascal.

A crazed scientist, Morder Paul Wegener, driven even crazier by his nagging wife, murders her and walls her up in a basement, a la Poes The Black Cat. He then flees as the police and a reporter, Frank Briggs Harald Paulsen, set out to track him down. Morder eventually escapes, by pretending to be insane, into an asylum. Though here the patients has managed to free themselves, lock up the guards, and take charge inspired by Poes The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether. After Morders final escape, he turns up as president of a secret Suicide Club based on the short story by Stevenson.The film is also known by numerous other titles including Fnf unheimliche Geschichten Germany, Five Sinister Stories International English title, Ghastly Tales USA, Tales of the Uncanny, Uncanny Tales, Extraordinary Tales, and Unholy Tales International English title. The film was later reedited for an American market release known as The Living Dead in 1940, with many of the comedic scenes taken out. ........

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