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People and Masks (1913)

People and Masks poster
Directed by
Harry Piel
Genre
silent film
Country
German Empire, Germany
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This 1913 silent film involves characters and disguises. The story follows interactions between people hiding behind masks, both literal and figurative.

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What happens

People and Masks (German: Menschen und Masken) is a 1913 German silent film directed by Harry Piel and featuring Max Auzinger, Hubert Moest, Hedda Vernon, and Ludwig Trautmann in the lead roles. A sequel was also released in the same year, People and Masks Part 2. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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