Das unheimliche Haus (1916)
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Cast
Werner Krauß, Alfred Breiderhoff, Lupu Pick, Käte Oswald, Rita Clermont, Heinz Sarnow, Max Bing, Arnold Czempin
An unemployed man takes a secretary position in an eerie house, where strange events and a mysterious woman’s plea unsettle his new life.
The story
Unemployed Arthur Wüllner is hired by a man as a secretary in his home and soon finds himself assigned various tasks. Strange occurrences in the eerie house begin to confuse him: anonymous notes warn him, and important documents disappear from a locked safe. Then an unknown woman appears in a mirror, steps out to meet him, and asks for his help. Soon afterward, Wüllner is dismissed by his employer for reasons he cannot understand, leaving him with the woman’s plea and the house’s unsettling mysteries.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
The unemployed Arthur Wüllner is hired by a man as a secretary in his home. Barely has he started the job when the master of the house puts him to work on various tasks. But then strange events in the eerie house begin to confuse him. Notes written by an unknown hand warn him, and important documents disappear from the locked safe. Then an unknown woman appears in the mirror and steps out to meet Wüllner, asking for his help. For reasons he cannot understand, Wüllner is dismissed by his employer soon afterward. To help the beautiful stranger from the mirror, he secretly returns to the house one evening. With the help of detective Martin Whist, Wüllner unravels the strange events: his employer and his assistant had been playing a cruel trick on him, as part of a large-scale crime.
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