The Student of Prague (1913 film)

The Student of Prague
The Student of Prague
Directed by	Stellan Rye
Written by	Hanns Heinz Ewers
Produced by	Paul Wegener
Starring	Paul Wegener; John Gottowt; Grete Berger
Cinematography	Guido Seeber
Music by	Josef Weiss
Production; company	Deutsche Bioscop
Distributed by	Deutsche Bioscop
Release date	22 August 1913;
Running time	85 minutes
Country	German Empire
Languages	Silent film; German intertitles

The Student of Prague

The Student of Prague (German: Der Student von Prag, also known as A Bargain with Satan) is a 1913 German silent horror film. It is loosely based on "William Wilson", a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, the poem The December Night by Alfred de Musset,^[1] and Faust.^[2] The film was remade in 1926, under the same title The Student of Prague. Another remake was produced in 1935. The film stars Paul Wegener in his film debut. It is generally deemed to be the first German art film. Composer Josef Weiss wrote a piano score to accompany the film. It was the first film score written for a German language film in the history of cinema.^[3]

It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios and on location around Prague. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert A. Dietrich.

^ Der Student Von Prag - Film (Movie) Plot and Review
^ Hedges, Ines (2009). Framing Faust: Twentieth-Century Cultural Struggles. SIU Press. pp. 27–29. ISBN 9780809386536. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
^ Schindler, Agata (25 November 2020). "Košickí bratia Weiss a Berény v Berlíne, New Yorku, Paríži a Budapešti". Opera Slovokia Magazine.

[1] Der Student Von Prag - Film (Movie) Plot and Review

[2] Hedges, Ines (2009). Framing Faust: Twentieth-Century Cultural Struggles. SIU Press. pp. 27–29. ISBN 9780809386536. Retrieved 11 July 2017.

[3] Schindler, Agata (25 November 2020). "Košickí bratia Weiss a Berény v Berlíne, New Yorku, Paríži a Budapešti". Opera Slovokia Magazine.

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