Wahnsinn

Wahnsinn

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Wahnsinn

1919

1h 10m

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Horror

Drama

Overview

A banker, after a prophetic meeting with a Gypsy fortune teller, becomes delusional as he searches for a trunk which the seer has told him holds the key to either his happiness or his death. This film is considered lost.

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4 members

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Conrad Veidt

Bankier Lorenzen

Conrad Veidt

Acting

Reinhold Schünzel

Jörges

Reinhold Schünzel

Acting

Grit Hegesa

Marion Cavello

Grit Hegesa

Acting

Gussy Holl

Unknown Role

Gussy Holl

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