A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2024 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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	Werner Krauss (center). Photograph: Deutsche Kinemathek; courtesy Le Giornate del Cinema Muto.

Cast: Werner Krauß (Werner Krauss) [Bahnwärter], Edith Posca [tochter des Bahnwärters], Hermine Strassmann-Witt [frau des Bahnwärters], Paul Otto [bahninspektor], Lupu Pick [reisender]

Rex-Film Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung production. / Produced by Lupu Pick. Scenario by Carl Mayer and Lupu Pick. Makeup artist, Richard Timm. Cinematography by Friedrich Weinmann. / Released 27 May 1921. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The entire story was told without using intertitles. The film was released in Finland on 26 September 1921. The film was released in the USA by Film Arts Guild as Shattered on 29 April 1926.

Drama.

Survival status: Print exists [16mm reduction positive].

Current rights holder: Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung [Germany]; Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 23 August 2014.

References: Bardèche-History p. 195; Limbacher-Feature p. 220; Weinberg-Lubitsch p. 325 : Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.