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The Count of Cagliostro

1920 · 105 min

A murky, hypnotic plunge into candlelit intrigue and occult menace, best surrendered to as a fragmentary dream.

Genres
Horror, History, Drama
Overview
About a lurid tale of magic and secret societies during the reign of Luis XVI, focused on the figure of the Italian occultist Giuseppe Balsamo, known under his alias of Count Alessandro di Cagliostro.
How it feels
Slow-burning and demanding.
About
Obsession, deception, power, mystery
Content
Mild violence and sexual content. No gore or swearing.
Note
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    Places
    None
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror5
    Humour1
    Realism5
    Romance2
    Tension5
    Darkness6
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight5

    Cast

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    Details

    Genres
    horror, history, drama
    Directed by
    Reinhold Schünzel
    Written by
    Robert Liebmann
    Starring
    Reinhold Schünzel, Anita Berber, Conrad Veidt, Carl Goetz, Hugo Werner-Kahle
    Cinematography
    Carl Hoffmann
    Runtime
    105 min
    Country
    Austria
    Languages
    No Language

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