Robert Beavers Selects: Vampyr

Carl Theodor Dreyer
Germany, France, 1931
  • Introduction
    Robert Beavers
featuring

Julian West, Henriette Gerard, Jan Hironimko, Maurice Schutz,

“Imagine that we are sitting in a very ordinary room. Suddenly we are told that there is a corpse behind the door. Instantly, the room we are sitting in has taken on another look. The light, the atmosphere have changed, though they are physically the same. This is because we have changed and the objects are as we conceive them. This is the effect I wanted to produce in Vampyr” (Carl Dreyer). Originally shot as a silent film, with sound added afterwards, Vampyr was made in three versions, German, French, and English; we present the German.

FILM DETAILS 
Screenwriter
  • Carl Theodor Dreyer
  • Christen Jul
Based On

  • In a Glass Darkly by Sheridan le Fanu

Cinematographer
  • Rudolph Maté
Language
  • German
  • with English electronic titling
Print Info
  • B&W
  • Digital
  • 75 mins
Source
  • Danish Film Insitute
Permission
  • Janus Films/Criterion Collection
Followed By

Swain

Gregory J. Markopoulos, United States, 1950

FEATURING
Gregory J. Markopoulos
Mary Zelles

An early psychodrama trance film that uses single-frame clusters of images to recapitulate poignant themes.

FILM DETAILS 
Print Info
  • Color
  • 16mm
  • 24 mins
source
  • Temenos Archive