The Student of Prague (1935 film)

The Student of Prague (German: Der Student von Prag) is a 1935 German horror film directed by Arthur Robison and starring Anton Walbrook, Theodor Loos and Dorothea Wieck. It is based on the eponymous novel by Hanns Heinz Ewers which had previously been adapted into celebrated silent films on two occasions.^[1][2] It was shot at the Johannisthal and EFA Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Karl Haacker.

The Student of Prague
Directed by	Arthur Robison
Written by	Hanns Heinz Ewers Henrik Galeen Hans Kyser Arthur Robison
Starring	Anton Walbrook Theodor Loos Dorothea Wieck
Cinematography	Bruno Mondi
Edited by	Roger von Norman
Music by	Theo Mackeben
Production company	Cine-Allianz
Distributed by	Tobis Film Sascha Film (Austria)
Release date	10 December 1935 (1935-12-10)
Running time	87 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

Cast

• Anton Walbrook as Balduin
• Theodor Loos as Dr. Carpis
• Dorothea Wieck as Julia
• Erich Fiedler as Baron Waldis
• Edna Greyff [de] as Lydia
• Karl Hellmer as Krebs
• Volker von Collande as Zavrel
• Fritz Genschow as Dahl
• Elsa Wagner as Jarmila
• Miliza Korjus as Julia

Critical reception

Writing for The Spectator in 1936, Graham Greene characterized the film as "dull [and] a curiosity, a relic of the classical German film of silent days". Negatively comparing the film to Galeen's 1926 version of the story, Greene found that the story was less believable and the acting less memorable. In favor of the film, Greene noted "one can say at any rate that it is on the right side".^[3]

See also

• The Student of Prague (1913)
• The Student of Prague (1926)