The Oath of Peter Hergatz (1921)

Directed by

Alfred Halm

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

Germany

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A man makes a promise that shapes his life. The film follows the consequences of that oath.

dramaticsomberseriousdeliberateold-fashionedintrospectiveemotionalclassical

What happens

The Oath of Peter Hergatz (German: Der Schwur des Peter Hergatz) is a 1921 German silent drama film directed by Alfred Halm and starring Emil Jannings, Stella Harf, and Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur. It premiered in Leipzig on 2 June 1921. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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