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The Janus Head

Der Januskopf

1920
Germany
feature film - Horror
70 min. (2222 m.)
Studio shooting / no Berlin story line

short description

Adaptation of the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde story about Dr. Warren and a supernatural Janus bust.

Cast

Actor/-ess: Conrad Veidt (Dr. Warren / Mr. O'Connor); Magnus Stifter (his friend); Margarete Schlegel (Grace / Jane); Willy Kaiser-Heyl; Bela Lugosi (Dr. Warrens servant); Margarete Kupfer; Danny Guertler; Gustav Botz; Jaro Fürth; Hans Lanser-Rudolf; Marga Reuter; Lanja Rudolph

Direction

Director: F. W. Murnau

Writing

Screenplay: Hans Janowitz

Based on: Robert Louis Stevenson (The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde)

Camera & Light

Director of photography: Karl Freund; Carl Hoffmann

Assistant camera / focus puller: Robert Baberske

Decor

Production design: Heinrich Richter

Production

Producer: Erich Pommer

Companies

Production company: Lipow-Film; Decla-Bioscop AG