''The Nights of Cornelis Brouwer'' (german: Die Nächte des Cornelis Brouwer) is a 1921 German silent

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directed by

Reinhard Bruck Reinhard is a German, Austrian, Danish, and to a lesser extent Norwegian surname (from Germanic ''ragin'', counsel, and ''hart'', strong), and a spelling variant of Reinhardt. Persons with the given name * Reinhard of Blankenburg (after 1107 – 1 ...

and

William Wauer William Wauer (1866–1962) was a German sculptor and film director of the silent era. In 1913 he co-directed the biopic ' (1913). In 1915 he directed '' The Tunnel'' the first adaptation of Bernhard Kellermann's science fiction novel '' Der Tu ...

and starring

Albert Bassermann Albert Bassermann (7 September 1867 – 15 May 1952) was a German stage and screen actor. He was considered to be one of the greatest German-speaking actors of his generation and received the famous Iffland-Ring. He was married to Elsa Schi ...

Colette Corder Colette Corder (1894–1982) was a German stage and film actress.Rogowski p.325 Selected filmography * ''The Black Guest'' (1920) * '' Count Varenne's Lover'' (1921) * '' The Asian Sun'' (1921) * ''The Courier from Lisbon'' (1921) * '' Hands Up'' ...

and

Rudolf Klein-Rogge Friedrich Rudolf Klein (24 November 1885 – 29 May 1955), better known as Rudolf Klein-Rogge, was a German film actor, best known for playing sinister figures in films in the 1920s and 1930s as well as being a mainstay in director Fritz Lang's ...

.The plot, about a respectable citizen who is taken over by a wild other self during nights on the town, is similar to that of ''

Der Andere ''Der Andere'' is a play by Paul Lindau, which was filmed several times, including in 1913 as ''The Other'' by Max Mack, in 1930 as ''The Other'' and ''The Prosecutor Hallers'' by Robert Wiene and in 1933 as ''The Haller Case ''The Haller Cas ...

''.Prince p. 36 The film's sets were designed by the

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Robert A. Dietrich Robert A. Dietrich (28 March 1889 – 8 September 1947) was a German art director.Scheunemann p.277 He designed the sets for more than a hundred films during his career. Selected filmography * '' The Student of Prague'' (1913) * ''The Path of Dea ...

Cast

as Cornelis Brouwer *

as Tänzerin *

Margarete Neff Margarete is a German feminine given name. It is derived from Ancient Greek ''margarites'' (μαργαρίτης), meaning "the pearl". Via the Latin ''margarita'', it arrived in the German sprachraum. Related names in English include Daisy, Gre ...

Max Wogritsch Max or MAX may refer to: Animals * Max (dog) (1983–2013), at one time purported to be the world's oldest living dog * Max (English Springer Spaniel), the first pet dog to win the PDSA Order of Merit (animal equivalent of OBE) * Max (gorilla) (1 ...

References

Bibliography

* Stephen Prince. ''The Horror Film''. Rutgers University Press, 2004.

External links

* 1921 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Reinhard Bruck Films directed by William Wauer German black-and-white films 1920s German films {{1920s-Germany-film-stub