Robert Wiene – Furcht AKA Fear (1917)

CinemaSerf, IMDB wrote:
Bruno Decarli (“Count Greven”) is quite good here, as the nobleman who likes to collect works of art. When in Java, he alights on a mystical totem and decides he has to have it – despite the objections of the local priest (Conrad Veidt) whom he swiftly despatches. That’s not the end of our holy man, however, as he haunts his killer with portents of impeding doom… Veidt looks superb as the spirit; his (heavily made up) facial features – always hugely effective – are lit with added poignancy and the direction from Robert Wiene builds a good degree of tension as the denouement, quite literally, looms.

Der Kinematograph, 29 September 1917 wrote:
These four acts … are quite beyond the usual standard. One is really pleased, not only by the rich, deep thoughts, but also by the courage of a film factory to put aside thoughts of pure business for the sake of art, for the sake of refining taste… Wiene has crafted a great, soulful picture and he has proved that psychology — the most difficult subject for the screen, does not have to be excluded from the art of film…

Furcht.1917.WEB.1080p.mkv

General
Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	1 h 13 min
Size: 	2.19 GiB
Video
Codec: 	x264
Resolution: 	1920x1080 
Aspect ratio:  	16:9
Frame rate: 	24.000 fps
Bit rate: 	4 256 kb/s
BPP: 	0.086
Audio

https://nitro.download/view/17FABB74CAAB0A3/Furcht.1917.WEB.1080p.mkv
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Language(s):Silent
Subtitles:English, Danish intertitles, German (hardcoded)