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| The Arrival from the Darkness | |
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| Příchozí z temnot | |
| Directed by | Jan S. Kolár |
| Written by | Karel Hloucha Jan S. Kolár |
| Starring | Theodor Pištěk Anny Ondra Karel Lamač |
| Cinematography | Otto Heller Otto Hoffmann |
| Production company | Rexfilm |
| Distributed by | Rexfilm |
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| Running time | 62 minutes |
| Country | Czechoslovakia |
| Languages | Silent Czech intertitles |
The Arrival from the Darkness aka Redivivus (Czech: Příchozí z temnot) is a 1921 Czechoslovak silent fantasy horror film directed by Jan S. Kolár.
Plot
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Production
Exteriors were shot at castles Karlštejn, Český Šternberk and Okoř. Studio scenes were shot at EFA-Atelier am Zoo in Berlin in sets made by art director Fritz Kraenke.
Cast
- Theodor Pištěk as Landowner Bohdan Dražický
- Anny Ondra as Farmer's wife Dagmar/Alena
- Karel Lamač as Ješek Dražický of Lom and Střehov, Alena's cousin
- Josef Šváb-Malostranský as Old servant Jan
- Vladimír Majeras Richard Bor/Alchemist Balthazar del Borro
- Luigi Hofman as Buttler/Alena's father
- Jan W. Speerger as Knight from a company of Ješek Dražický
- Alfred Baštýř as Fisherman
- Rudolf Myzet as Knight
Release
The film was released in cinemas in Germany, Austria, France and Great Britain under the name Redivivus in 1921.
From 2005 to 2007, the film was reconstructed and shown in film festivals. It was released in a DVD box set with six other Kolár's silent films by Czech Film Archive in 2018.
References
- ^ "The Arrival from the Darkness". Filmový přehled. Czech Film Archive. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
- "Příchozí z temnot" [Coming from the dark]. Filmová místa (in Czech). Retrieved 1 October 2024.
- Luboš Bartošek (1985). Náš film: kapitoly z dějin, 1896-1945 (in Czech). Mladá fronta. pp. 105–106.
- Šrajer, Martin. "Otrávené světlo a Příchozí z temnot na DVD" [The poisoned light and the Incoming from Dark on DVD]. Filmový přehled (in Czech). Czech Film Archive. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
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