The Living Dead

Sep 6, 1932

1h 29m

★ 5.8

Overview

A crazed scientist murders his wife, walls her up, then flees. A reporter sets out to track him down. Remake of Unheimliche Geschichten (Richard Oswald, 1919).

Genres

Horror

Production Companies

G.P. Film GmbH

Roto Film

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Cast

Mörder

Paul Wegener

Frank Briggs

Harald Paulsen

Chefarzt

Eugen Klöpfer

Frau des Mörders

Roma Bahn

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Gretl Bernd

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Blandine Ebinger

38-Jährige in der Irrenanstalt

Ilse Fürstenberg

Hoheit

Maria Koppenhöfer

Kriminalkommissar

Gerhard Bienert

Portier in der Irrenanstalt

Carl Heinz Charrell

Arzt in der Unfallstation

Paul Henckels

Redner in der Irrenanstalt

Erwin Kalser

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