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Der Schädel der Pharaonentochter

1920 · 77 min

A solemn, shadowy silent-era tragedy that moves like a funeral procession through centuries of doom.

Directed by
Otz Tollen
Genres
Drama, Horror
Starring
Emil Jannings, Erna Morena, Kurt Vespermann
Overview
A pharaonic tragedy to the content that spans six different eras. In the first episode, the emergence and dramatic end of the love story between the pharaoh's daughter Princess Amnertis and her beloved Tirhaka is told until the latter comes to a violent death. From this drama arises a curse, which in the following episodes has had far-reaching effects over the centuries. Everyone who possesses the skull of the long-lost pharaoh's daughter must die violently until the day the skull is sunk in the sea.

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Directed by
Otz Tollen
Genres
Drama, Horror
Starring
Emil Jannings, Erna Morena, Kurt Vespermann
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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • fate
  • death
  • love
  • betrayal
  • grief
Places
  • fantasy world
  • sea
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror6
Humour1
Realism4
Romance4
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, horror
Directed by
Otz Tollen
Written by
Otz Tollen
Starring
Emil Jannings, Erna Morena, Kurt Vespermann, Bernhard Goetzke, Hermann Vallentin, Hanna Ralph, Erra Bognar, Kurt Ehrle
Cinematography
Eugen Hamm
Runtime
77 min
Country
Germany
Languages
German, No Language

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