The Other | |
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Directed by | Max Mack |
Produced by | Jules Greenbaum |
Written by |
Paul Lindau (play Der Andere), Max Mack (screenplay), Hippolyte Taine (play) |
Starring |
Albert Bassermann, Emmerich Hanus, Nelly Ridon |
Cinematography | Hermann Boettger |
Production
company |
Vitascope
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Release date
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13 February 1913 |
Country | Germany |
Language | Silent 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.
When talk with friends, Dr. Hallers, a well-known lawyer in Berlin, said he was skeptical about fantasies on the : 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.