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Warning Shadows

Movie·1923·Thriller, Fantasy, Drama·1h 30m·Directed by Arthur Robison

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During a dinner given by a wealthy baron and his wife, attended by four of her suitors in a 19th century German manor, a shadow-player rescues the marriage by giving all the guests a vision what might happen tonight if the baron stays jealous and the suitors do not reduce their advances towards his beautiful wife. Or was it a vision?

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Alexander GranachAlexander GranachShadowplayerFritz KortnerFritz KortnerThe CountRuth WeyherRuth WeyherHis WifeGustav von WangenheimGustav von WangenheimHer LoverEugen RexEugen RexA Servant
Lilli Herder
Lilli HerderThe MaidFritz RaspFritz RaspDienerKarl PlatenKarl Platen2. Diener

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