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Island of the Dead (1921)

Island of the Dead poster
Directed by
Carl Froelich
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
Weimar Republic
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man travels to a mysterious island. He encounters strange people and unsettling events there.

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What happens

Island of the Dead (German: Toteninsel) is a 1921 German drama film directed by Carl Froelich and starring Lil Dagover, Bernhard Goetzke and Walter Janssen. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Herlth, Walter Röhrig and Hermann Warm. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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