This is "Schatten - Eine nächtliche Halluzination" or "Warning Shadows" and this film takes a path that many silent films back then. Include an ounce of horror, mystery, maybe even fantasy and hope the audience will be scared. Well.. maybe back then they were, but today this film that runs for slightly under 85 minutes did almost nothing for me. The usual problem is present again: not enough subtitles. If we don't understand what is going on, we lose interest and don't care about the story or characters. I really wonder why so few directors included a sufficient amount of subtitles during the silent film era. I guess there is a reason why nobody knows Arthur Robison today anymore, the writer and director of this German movie here. Another problem is overacting. Especially, the male protagonist who is also in the last scene really needed a lesson in subtlety. So yeah, a weak film with regard to basically everything: story, acting and directing. I do not recommend this over 90-year-old film. Not dramatic, not entertaining and especially not scary. Thumbs down.
Review of Warning Shadows
