''The Man in the Cellar'' (German: ''Der Mann im Keller'') is a 1914 German silent

thriller film Thriller film, also known as suspense film or suspense thriller, is a broad film genre that evokes excitement and suspense in the audience. The suspense element found in most films' plots is particularly exploited by the filmmaker in this genre ...

directed by

Joe May Joe May (born Joseph Otto Mandl; 7 November 1880 – 29 April 1954) was an Austrian film director and film producer and one of the pioneers of German cinema. Biography After studying in Berlin and a variety of odd jobs, he began his career a ...

and starring

Ernst Reicher Ernst Reicher (19 September 1885 – 1 May 1936) was a German-Jewish actor, screenwriter, film producer and film director of the silent era. Biography His father was the actor Emanuel Reicher, born in Galicia, then part of the Kingdom of ...

Max Landa Max Landa ( be, Макс Ландаў; 24 April 1873 – 8 November 1933; born Max Landau) was a Russian-born Austrian silent film and stage actor. Career Landa attended the Handelsakademie (commercial academy) in Vienna and took classes with a ...

and

Olga Engl Olga Engl (30 May 1871 – 21 September 1946) was an Austrian-German stage and motion picture actress who appeared in nearly 200 films. Biography Engl was privately educated in an Ursuline monastery and began her acting career at the Prague Co ...

.Wlaschin p.135 It was part of a series of films featuring the fictional detective Stuart Webbs. The film's sets were designed by the

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Paul Leni Paul Leni (born Paul Josef Levi; 8 July 1885 – 2 September 1929) was a German filmmaker and a key figure in German Expressionism, making ''Hintertreppe'' (1921) and '' Waxworks'' (1924) in Germany, and '' The Cat and the Canary'' (1927), ''Th ...

Cast

as Stuart Webbs *

as Lord Thomas Rawson *

as Baronin de Lille *

Alice Hechy Alice Hechy (born Alice Scheel; 21 July 1893 – 26 May 1973) was a German stage and film actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the ...

as Lady Grace *

Gerhard Dammann Gerhard Dammann (30 March 1883 – 21 February 1946) was a German film actor. Selected filmography * '' The Man in the Cellar'' (1914) * ''Under the Lantern'' (1928) * '' Eva in Silk'' (1928) * '' Lemke's Widow'' (1928) * ''When the Mother and ...

as Luny *

Eduard Rothauser Eduard Rothauser (1876–1956) was an Austro-Hungarian Empire, Austrian-born Germans, German actor. Selected filmography * ''The Man in the Cellar'' (1914) * ''The Princess of Urbino'' (1919) * ''Nobody Knows (1920 film), Nobody Knows'' (1920) ...

* Josef Schelepa

References

Bibliography

* Ken Wlaschin. ''Silent Mystery and Detective Movies: A Comprehensive Filmography''. McFarland, 2009.

External links

* 1914 films Films of the German Empire Films directed by Joe May German silent feature films German thriller films German black-and-white films 1910s thriller films Silent thriller films 1910s German films {{Germany-silent-film-stub