Karl Freund was surely the greatest cameraman of the German silent cinema: his cinematography for The Last Laugh, Metropolis and Variety alone would have assured his immortality, but he photographed many more classics, both in the expressionist mode and in a more documentary style. In Hollywood, he continued to work as a cameraman, but also ventured into direction more than once. His best films are probably Mad Love, and this underrated horror classic which gave Boris Karloff one of his more restrained roles as the 3,700-year-old mummified Egyptian priest Imhotep, accidentally brought back to life by an English archeologist. The actual awakening of Karloff is a terrifying scene by any standards.