The Definitive Guide Inspired by the Vision of Fear: Cult Guide

Dir: Robert Wiene

Genuine is an ancient and cruel divinity, who seduces men and induce them to kill as a proof of love.

Dir: Robert Wiene

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of The Hands of Orlac perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A world-famous pianist loses both hands in an accident. When new hands are grafted on, he doesn't know they once belonged to a murderer.

Dir: Robert Wiene

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Robert Wiene

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Die Nacht der Königin Isabeau perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

By the director of Cabinet of Dr.Caligari, this is the Passion embedded in a contemporary story. An anarchist jailed for an attempted assassination is told the Passion story by the prison chaplain, who seeks to convince him that it is better to sacrifice ones own life than take the life of ones enemy. The framing story, taken from a novel, is believed to have been intended to give the Biblical story an anti-Bolshevist propaganda function. In any case, it was added without the knowledge of the actors in the Passion story, who included some of the major stars of the period Asta Nielsen as Mary Magdalene, Henny Porten as Mary, Grigori Chmara as Jesus, and Werner Krauss as Pontius Pilate -bampfa.berkeley.edu

Dir: Robert Wiene

A student murders a loan shark and her sister after writing about exceptional people's right to commit crimes. He meets prostitute Sonja while on the run, clashes with his sister's fiancé, and learns of Sonja's connection.

Dir: Robert Wiene

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Crown of Thorns perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Hypnotist Dr. Caligari uses a somnambulist, Cesare, to commit murders.

Dir: Robert Wiene

A doll maker in China crafts a puppet which is lifelike. He takes it to exhibit but find an even more convincing and beautiful doll there. It is in fact a real woman pretending to be a doll

Dir: Robert Wiene

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Crime and Punishment perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

The young bride Anna von Glassner receives mysterious letters shortly before her wedding with Count von Fahrenwald. The Count is said to be insane.

Dir: Robert Wiene

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Robert Wiene

"A Woman's Revenge" - In order to punish her cold, brutal aristocratic husband for murdering her lover, a woman becomes a common prostitute to shame him.