The Witch

It is a variation on the original legend of Alraune in which a Mad Scientist creates a beautiful but demonic child from the forced union between a woman and a Mandrake root. Not to be confused with the 1918 German version of Alraune.

Runtime

1h 20m

Director

Michael Curtiz, Edmund Fritz

Cast

Erdélyi Géza, Gyula Gál, Rózsi Szöllösi

This mostly lost film is often confused with director Paul Wegener third and readily available interpretation of the legend; Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam (1920). In this version of the golem legend, the golem, a clay statue brought to life by Rabbi Loew in 16th century Prague to save the Jews from the ongoing brutal persecution b...

Runtime

1h

Director

Henrik Galeen, Paul Wegener

Cast

Rudolf Blümner, Carl Ebert, Lyda Salmonova

Chaney plays two roles: mad scientist Arthur Lamb and Lamb's "experiment", known only as the Ape Man. This hideous creature was the result of Lamb's attempts to transplant animal glands into human beings. A lost film.

Runtime

57m

Director

Wallace Worsley

Cast

Lon Chaney, Raymond McKee, Jacqueline Logan

When a sculptor falls in love with his model but finds his love unrequited, he plans to kill his love rival with the help of the owner of a Horror Wax museum. The film is considered lost.

Runtime

1h

Director

Maurice Tourneur

Cast

Lon Chaney, Mildred Manning, John Gilbert

A banker, after a prophetic meeting with a Gypsy fortune teller, becomes delusional as he searches for a trunk which the seer has told him holds the key to either his happiness or his death. This film is considered lost.

Runtime

1h 10m

Director

Conrad Veidt

Cast

Reinhold Schünzel, Grit Hegesa, Gussy Holl