The Black Cat

feature film, 1934.

DIRECTED BY: Edgar G. Ulmer

The Black Cat

CAST:
Boris Karloff (Hjalmar Poelzig),
Bela Lugosi (Dr. Vitus Werdegast),
David Manners (Peter Alison),
Julie Bishop (Joan Alison)

SCRIPT:
Peter Ruric (prema priči Edgara Allana Poea)

PHOTOGRAPHY:
John J. Mescall

Synopsis:
A young couple on a honeymoon meet Doctor Vitus Werdegast on a train in Hungary. After having spent the last fifteen years as a war prisoner, he is visiting his friend. The doctor and the couple share a taxi ride but a traffic accident happens near the home of Vitus’ friend, architect Hjalmar Poelzig.
This is the first film in which Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi appeared together.

35 mm, b/w, 65 min