Fear (1917)

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Watching Silent Films

51 episodes

5 days ago

Film podcast discussing the Silent era (1894 to 1929) and the importance these moving pictures still have in todays age. Every week, we watch silent films, then talk about it! Hosted by YiFeng, Lily, Bob, Diane, and Adam. For more details, visit us here: https://watchingsilentfilms.wordpress.com/

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Fear (1917)

Watching Silent Films

46 minutes 19 seconds

5 years ago

Fear (1917)

With Autumn quickly approaching, WSF takes on another German expressionist silent horror written and directed by Caligari's Robert Wiene. FURCHT (FEAR) is the tale of Count Greven (Bruno Decarli)'s eventual descent into madness and hysteria with his obsession of collecting one too many of the world's greatest treasures. Lured by rumors of a sacred statue's mystic qualities, Greven's theft from an Indian temple leads to a masterpiece of torment and guilt, gradually rising the wrath of a High Priest (Conrad Veidt) who gives Greven just seven years to live . . .

FURCHT is noted as being Veidt's earliest (known) surviving film.

+ Mentioned in this podcast:

Article featuring David Bowie and how Buster Keaton influenced him:

https://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/8840/david-bowie-and-buster-keaton-by-steve-schapiro

Hosted by YiFeng, Bob and Lily.

Originally recorded on July 31, 2020