1922 · drama
Phantom (Murnau)
Directed by F. W. Murnau1h 59m1922
Lorenz Lubota is a city clerk with no direction in life. One day on his way to work he is run over by a woman driving a chariot and he is immediately infatuated with her.
Our read: Phantom (Murnau) (1922) reads as a heavy, measured, inventive drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, measured, measured drama, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured.
- heavy
- measured
- inventive
- bleak
- signature
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