Journey into the Night

Overview

Dr. Egil Börne, an eminent physician, comes under the spell of an unscrupulous cabaret dancer and deserts his fiancée. The plot finds echoes throughout the Weimar period, including Sternberg’s The Blue Angel. Conrad Veidt appears in a supporting role as a sinister blind painter, whose entrance eerily presages Murnau’s Nosferatu. Der Gang in die Nacht, the earliest surviving film by F. W. Murnau, is also, paradoxically, the only Murnau film for which the original camera negative exists.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 21, 1921

Original language

German

Countries

Germany

Production

Goron Film

Cast

Gudrun Bruun Stephensen,Conrad Veidt,Erna Morena,Olaf Fønss,Clementine Plessner

Director

F. W. Murnau

Writer

Harriet Bloch,Carl Mayer

Producer

Sascha Goron

Cinematography

Max Lutze

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0011217