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The Devil's Church

1919 · 53 min

A slow, unsettling silent nightmare where temptation and faith collide in a rural world, leaving a lingering sense of dread.

Directed by
Hans Mierendorff
Genres
Drama, Horror
Starring
Hans Mierendorff, Agnes Straub, Paul Rehkopf
Overview
In a prologue and four acts (the prologue and the first act are lost so is necessary to describe what happens with title cards) the film depicts the terrible dream of Asmus wherein the devil joins the human world disguised as a tinker. He meets Frau Ane, Asmus' wife; Ane yearns to have a baby but in vain so the devil takes advantage of Frau Ane's motherly inner desire by making a deal with her but for his own purposes. As a result, the farmer's wife comes under the devil's spell and then seduces the local priest, giving the devil to chance to build his own church to replace the old church that has burned down.

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Directed by
Hans Mierendorff
Genres
Drama, Horror
Starring
Hans Mierendorff, Agnes Straub, Paul Rehkopf
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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • faith
  • deception
  • obsession
  • parenthood
  • corruption
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror6
Humour1
Realism4
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, horror
Directed by
Hans Mierendorff
Written by
Adolf Paul
Starring
Hans Mierendorff, Agnes Straub, Paul Rehkopf, Helga Mjön, Fred Immler
Runtime
53 min
Country
Germany
Languages
No Language

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