Warning Shadows

Nan
1h 30m
1923
6.528 /10 (36)

Arthur Robison's Expressionist Thriller

Overview

During a dinner given by a wealthy baron and his wife, attended by four of her suitors in a 19th century German manor, a shadow-player rescues the marriage by giving all the guests a vision what might happen tonight if the baron stays jealous and the suitors do not reduce their advances towards his beautiful wife. Or was it a vision?

Country : Germany
Languages : No Language
Released Date: 1923-10-16

Top Billed Cast

Alexander Granach

Shadowplayer

Fritz Kortner

The Count

Ruth Weyher

His Wife

Gustav von Wangenheim

Her Lover

Eugen Rex

A Servant

Lilli Herder

The Maid

Fritz Rasp

Diener

Karl Platen

2. Diener

Max Gülstorff

2. Kavalier

Ferdinand von Alten

3. Kavalier

Rudolf Klein-Rogge

Heinrich Gotho

Similar Movies

poster
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927-11-04 7.822

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

A married farmer falls under the spell of a slatternly woman from the city, who tries to convince him to drown his wife. ...
Genre :Thriller, Fantasy, Drama, Horror
poster
The Blue Angel
1930-04-01 7.278

The Blue Angel

Prim professor Immanuel Rath finds some of his students ogling racy photos of cabaret performer Lola Lola and visits a local club, The Blue Angel, in an attempt to catch them there. Seeing Lola perfor ...
Genre :Thriller, Fantasy, Drama, Horror
poster
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
1920-02-27 7.924

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

Francis, a young man, recalls in his memory the horrible experiences he and his fiancée Jane recently went through. Francis and his friend Alan visit The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, an exhibit where the ...
Genre :Thriller, Fantasy, Drama, Horror
poster
M
1931-05-11 8.069

M

In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a massive Berlin police manhunt. Beckert's heinous crimes are so repellant and disruptive to ...
Genre :Thriller, Fantasy, Drama, Horror
poster
Nosferatu
1922-02-16 7.673

Nosferatu

The mysterious Count Orlok summons a happily married real estate agent to his castle, located up in the Transylvanian mountains, to finalise a terrifying deal. ...
Genre :Thriller, Fantasy, Drama, Horror
poster
Metropolis
1927-02-06 8.1

Metropolis

In a futuristic city sharply divided between the rich and the poor, the son of the city's mastermind meets a prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences. ...
Genre :Thriller, Fantasy, Drama, Horror
poster
Destiny
1921-10-06 7.4

Destiny

As a young couple stops and rests in a small village inn, the man is abducted by Death and is sequestered behind a huge doorless, windowless wall. The woman finds a mystic entrance and is met by Death ...
Genre :Thriller, Fantasy, Drama, Horror
poster
FurtaCor
2023-03-30 10

FurtaCor

Between the depths of grief and the bliss of friendship, Gabriel teams up with his friends to create a film written by his late grandfather, who passed away during the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
Genre :Thriller, Fantasy, Drama, Horror
poster
Beast!
2013-01-01 10

Beast!

Genre :Thriller, Fantasy, Drama, Horror
poster
Faust
1926-10-13 7.899

Faust

God and Satan war over earth; to settle things, they wager on the soul of Faust, a learned and prayerful alchemist. ...
Genre :Thriller, Fantasy, Drama, Horror
poster
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
1933-04-21 7.7

The Testament of Dr. Mabuse

After a detective is assaulted by thugs and placed in an asylum run by Professor Baum, he observes the professor's preoccupation with another patient, the criminal genius Dr. Mabuse the hypnotist. Whe ...
Genre :Thriller, Fantasy, Drama, Horror
poster
Pollock
2000-09-06 6.66

Pollock

In August of 1949, Life Magazine ran a banner headline that begged the question: "Jackson Pollock: Is he the greatest living painter in the United States?" The film is a look back into the life of an ...
Genre :Thriller, Fantasy, Drama, Horror
poster
Wozzeck
1947-12-17 5

Wozzeck

While an anatomy seminar prepares to examine the cadaver of Franz Wozzeck in the name of scientific progress, medical student Büchner excoriates humanity for having allowed Wozzeck’s fate. The tragic ...
Genre :Thriller, Fantasy, Drama, Horror
poster
A Daughter Of Destiny
1928-01-25 6.2

A Daughter Of Destiny

Hanns Heinz Ewers' grim science-fiction novel Alraune has already been filmed twice when this version was assembled in 1928. In another of his "mad doctor" roles, Paul Wegener plays Professor Brinken, ...
Genre :Thriller, Fantasy, Drama, Horror
poster
The Golem: How He Came Into the World
1920-10-28 6.985

The Golem: How He Came Into the World

In 16th-century Prague, a rabbi creates the Golem - a giant creature made of clay. Using sorcery, he brings the creature to life in order to protect the Jews of Prague from persecution. ...
Genre :Thriller, Fantasy, Drama, Horror
poster
The Hands of Orlac
1924-09-24 6.8

The Hands of Orlac

A world-famous pianist loses both hands in an accident. When new hands are grafted on, he is horrified to learn they once belonged to a murderer. ...
Genre :Thriller, Fantasy, Drama, Horror
poster
The Night of the Hunter
1955-07-27 7.876

The Night of the Hunter

In Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money. ...
Genre :Thriller, Fantasy, Drama, Horror
poster
The Last Laugh
1924-12-23 7.772

The Last Laugh

An aging doorman, after being fired from his prestigious job at a luxurious hotel, is forced to face the scorn of his friends, neighbours and society. ...
Genre :Thriller, Fantasy, Drama, Horror
poster
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
1922-04-27 7.641

Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler

Dr. Mabuse and his organization of criminals are in the process of completing their latest scheme, a theft of information that will allow Mabuse to make huge profits on the stock exchange. Afterwards, ...
Genre :Thriller, Fantasy, Drama, Horror
poster
Nosferatu the Vampyre
1979-01-17 7.278

Nosferatu the Vampyre

A real estate agent leaves behind his beautiful wife to go to Transylvania to visit the mysterious Count Dracula and formalize the purchase of a property in Wismar. ...
Genre :Thriller, Fantasy, Drama, Horror

Check These Out

poster
Freaks
1932-01-01 7.778

Freaks

A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance. ...
Genre :Thriller, Fantasy, Drama, Horror
poster
Shock Corridor
1963-09-25 6.96

Shock Corridor

With the help of his girlfriend Cathy and Dr. Fong, a psychiatrist, ambitious journalist Johnny Barrett poses as a madman in order to be admitted to a mental institution where a bloody murder has been ...
Genre :Thriller, Fantasy, Drama, Horror
poster
Waxworks
1924-11-13 6.4

Waxworks

A poet is hired by the owner of a wax museum in a circus to write tales about Harun al Raschid, Ivan the Terrible and Jack the Ripper. While writing, the poet and the daughter of the owner, Eva, fanta ...
Genre :Thriller, Fantasy, Drama, Horror
poster
A Sunday in the Country
1984-04-11 7

A Sunday in the Country

In France, before WWI. As every Sunday, an old painter living in the country is visited by his son Gonzague, coming with his wife and his three children. Then his daugther Irene arrives. She is always ...
Genre :Thriller, Fantasy, Drama, Horror
poster
The Man with Wax Faces
1914-01-01 5.4

The Man with Wax Faces

A man does not know what fear is. His good friend dares him to spend one night in a scary place. A house of wax will get the job done. ...
Genre :Thriller, Fantasy, Drama, Horror
poster
Chapayev
1934-11-07 5.774

Chapayev

An account of the peasant turned mythical military hero Vasily Chapayev, charting his campaign in the Red Army during the Russian Civil War. ...
Genre :Thriller, Fantasy, Drama, Horror
poster
Little Women
2019-12-25 7.86

Little Women

Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War. ...
Genre :Thriller, Fantasy, Drama, Horror
poster
Monkey Business
1952-09-03 6.703

Monkey Business

Research chemist Barnaby Fulton works on a fountain of youth pill for a chemical company. One of the labs chimps gets loose in the laboratory and mixes chemicals, but then pours the mix into the water ...
Genre :Thriller, Fantasy, Drama, Horror
poster
Cries and Whispers
1972-12-21 7.889

Cries and Whispers

As Agnes slowly dies of cancer, her sisters are so immersed in their own psychic pains that they are unable to offer her the support she needs. ...
Genre :Thriller, Fantasy, Drama, Horror
poster
Last Tango in Paris
1972-12-15 6.912

Last Tango in Paris

A recently widowed American begins an anonymous sexual relationship with a young Parisian woman. ...
Genre :Thriller, Fantasy, Drama, Horror
poster
The Isle
2000-04-22 6.9

The Isle

Mute Hee-Jin is working as a clerk in a fishing resort in the Korean wilderness; selling baits, food and occasionally her body to the fishing tourists. One day she falls in love with Hyun-Shik, who is ...
Genre :Thriller, Fantasy, Drama, Horror
poster
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
1970-10-16 8.162

Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion

Rome, Italy. After committing a heinous crime, a senior police officer exposes evidence incriminating him because his moral commitment prevents him from circumventing the law and the social order it p ...
Genre :Thriller, Fantasy, Drama, Horror
poster
The Psychic
1977-08-10 7

The Psychic

A woman with psychic powers has a vision of a murder that took place in a house owned by her husband. ...
Genre :Thriller, Fantasy, Drama, Horror
poster
In Paris
2006-10-04 6

In Paris

After a love affair ends badly, a young Parisian named Paul sinks into the same kind of deep depression that led his sister to kill herself. He moves back home with his father and aimless brother Jona ...
Genre :Thriller, Fantasy, Drama, Horror
poster
Shutter Island
2010-02-14 8.201

Shutter Island

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by troubling visions and a ...
Genre :Thriller, Fantasy, Drama, Horror
poster
The Man Without a Past
2002-03-01 7.42

The Man Without a Past

Arriving in Helsinki, a nameless man is beaten within an inch of his life by thugs, miraculously recovering only to find that he has completely lost his memory. Back on the streets, he attempts to beg ...
Genre :Thriller, Fantasy, Drama, Horror
poster
The Year of Living Dangerously
1982-12-17 6.653

The Year of Living Dangerously

A young Australian reporter tries to navigate the political turmoil of Indonesia during the rule of President Sukarno with the help of a diminutive photographer. ...
Genre :Thriller, Fantasy, Drama, Horror
poster
Pierrot le Fou
1965-11-05 7.345

Pierrot le Fou

Pierrot escapes his boring society and travels from Paris to the Mediterranean Sea with Marianne, a girl chased by hit-men from Algeria. They lead an unorthodox life, always on the run. ...
Genre :Thriller, Fantasy, Drama, Horror
poster
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
1989-10-13 7.311

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

The wife of an abusive criminal finds solace in the arms of a kind regular guest in her husband's restaurant. ...
Genre :Thriller, Fantasy, Drama, Horror
poster
Back to School
1986-06-13 6.3

Back to School

Self-made millionaire Thornton Melon decides to get a better education and enrolls at his son Jason's college. While Jason tries to fit in with his fellow students, Thornton struggles to gain his son' ...
Genre :Thriller, Fantasy, Drama, Horror