''The Nights of Cornelis Brouwer'' () is a 1921 German silent

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directed by Reinhard Bruck and

William Wauer William Wauer (1866–1962) was a German sculptor and film director of the silent era. In 1913 he co-directed the biopic ' (1913). In 1915 he directed ''The Tunnel (1915 film), The Tunnel'' the first adaptation of Bernhard Kellermann's science f ...

and starring Albert Bassermann, Colette Corder and

Rudolf Klein-Rogge Friedrich Rudolf Klein (24 November 1885 – 29 May 1955), better known as Rudolf Klein-Rogge, was a German film actor, best known for playing sinister figures in films in the 1920s and 1930s as well as being a mainstay in director Fritz Lang's ...

.The plot, about a respectable citizen who is taken over by a wild other self during nights on the town, is similar to that of '' Der Andere''.Prince p. 36 The film's sets were designed by the

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Robert A. Dietrich.

Cast

* Albert Bassermann as Cornelis Brouwer * Colette Corder as Tänzerin *

* Margarete Neff * Max Wogritsch

References

Bibliography

* Stephen Prince. ''The Horror Film''. Rutgers University Press, 2004.

External links

* 1921 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Reinhard Bruck Films directed by William Wauer German black-and-white films 1920s German films {{1920s-Germany-silent-film-stub