Cagliostro (1929)

Directed by

Richard Oswald

Genre

horror film, silent film

Country

Germany, France

Runtime

58 min

Rating

4.8 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This silent film follows the life of Alessandro Cagliostro, an 18th century Italian occultist. The portrayal shows him more sympathetically than other works do.

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What happens

Cagliostro is a 1929 silent drama film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Hans Stüwe, Renée Héribel and Alfred Abel. It depicts the life of the eighteenth century Italian occultist Alessandro Cagliostro, portraying him more sympathetically than in most other works. It was based on a novel by Johannes von Guenther. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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