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Cagliostro

1929 · 59 min

A moody silent-era plunge into aristocratic decadence and occult intrigue, slow and atmospheric, with a tragic, enigmatic antihero at its center.

Overview
Paris, France, 1784. After living many tribulations, Joseph Balsamo, known as Count Cagliostro, an infamous adventurer, enigmatic magician and necromancer, experienced physician and ruthless swordsman, triumphs among the members of the decadent French aristocracy. But a bold foretelling about a very prominent noblewoman causes his fall in disgrace… (Partially lost film.)

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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • power
  • deception
  • fate
  • class
  • identity
Places
  • big city
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
Action3
Horror2
Humour2
Realism6
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
drama, adventure
Directed by
Richard Oswald
Written by
Georg C. Klaren, Herbert Juttke
Starring
Hans Stüwe, Charles Dullin, Edmond van Daële, Alfred Abel, Ivan Koval-Samborskiy, Jules Moy, Georges Deneubourg, Suzanne Bianchetti
Music
Werner Schmidt-Boelcke
Cinematography
Maurice Desfassiaux, Jules Kruger
Runtime
59 min
Country
Sweden, Germany, France
Languages
No Language

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