The Other (1913 film)

The Other
GermanDer Andere
Directed byMax Mack
Written byMax Mack (screenplay)
Hippolyte Taine (play)
Based onDer Andere
1894 play
by Paul Lindau
Produced byJules Greenbaum
StarringAlbert Bassermann
Emmerich Hanus
Nelly Ridon
CinematographyHermann Boettger
Production
company
Release date
  • 13 February 1913 (1913-02-13)
Running time
48 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguagesSilent
German intertitles

The Other (German: Der Andere) is a 1913 German silent thriller film directed by Max Mack and starring Albert Bassermann, Emmerich Hanus and Nelly Ridon.[1]

Plot

When talking with friends, Dr. Hallers, a well-known lawyer in Berlin, said he was skeptical about fantasies on the split personality: he could never believe something like that. During a ride, however, he has an accident, after which he often falls into a deep sleep from which he awakens with the feeling of having a dual personality. Later, his double starts to rob his apartment with a thief. During the robbery, the police arrives and arrests the thief. Hallers, having fallen asleep, wakes up without remembering anything of what happened. Eventually, the lawyer recovers and marries his fiancée.

Cast

  • Albert Bassermann as Dr. Hallers
  • Emmerich Hanus as Judge Arnoldy
  • Nelly Ridon as Agnes, Arnoldy's sister
  • Hanni Weisse as Amalie, a housemaid
  • Léon Resemann as Dickert, a burglar
  • Otto Colott as Dr. Feldmann, medical advisor
  • Paul Passarge as Kleinchen, Hallers' secretary
  • Willy Lengling as Kriminalkommissar Weigert (as C. Lengling)

Other film versions

References

  1. ^ Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. p. 302. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.