Vampires of Warsaw (1925)

Original title

Wampiry Warszawy. Tajemnica taksówki nr 1051

Directed by

Wiktor Biegański

Genre

silent film, crime film

Country

Poland

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two Russian aristocrats plot to marry a wealthy father and daughter, then kill them for their money. This is a silent murder mystery from 1925 Poland.

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What happens

Vampires of Warsaw (Polish: Wampiry Warszawy) is a 1925 Polish silent crime film directed by Wiktor Biegański and starring Oktawian Kaczanowski, Halina Labedzka and Maria Balcerkiewiczówna. It was Biegański's most popular film, and displayed the influence of Soviet cinema on his work. The film is considered lost, so it is difficult to describe the plot in detail, but from what can be gathered the film appears to have been a murder mystery whodunit featuring a pair of Russian aristocrats who are determined to marry a wealthy father/daughter and murder them for their inheritance. Despite the title the film did not actually feature any vampires of the supernatural variety. Actor Igo Sym, who later shared billing in films with top name stars like Marlene Dietrich, became a Nazi informant in WWII and turned in a number of fellow Polish actors and theater owners who were aligned with the Resistance forces in Poland. In 1941, some Polish freedom fighters assassinated Sym, and the Nazis retaliated by executing 21 hostages and sending dozens of others to Auschwitz. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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