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Double Suicide (1917)

Double Suicide poster
Original title
Der Doppelselbstmord
Directed by
Jacob Fleck, Luise Fleck
Genre
comedy film, silent film
Country
Austria–Hungary, Austria
Rating
0.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two people agree to die together but keep running into complications. The film follows their bungled attempts to follow through on their pact.

lightheartedfarcebriskcomedicmelodramaticwhimsicalstagey

What happens

Double Suicide or The Suicide Pact (German: Der Doppelselbstmord) is a 1918 German silent comedy film directed by Jacob Fleck and Luise Fleck and starring Karl Ehmann, Liane Haid, and Karl Baumgartner. It is based on the 1876 play of the same title by Ludwig Anzengruber. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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