The Twenty Two Years Life of the “Student of Prague”, or the First Film Horror in the History of the Cinema and Its Two Remakes
Abstract
The text presents an analysis of the pioneering horror film The Student of Prague (directed by Stellan Rye) and two subsequent screen versions of the story inspired by the Faustian motif of selling one’s soul to the devil. The author considers the changes that took place in the poetics and the way of film-making in Germany over the period of just over twenty years. The years 1913-1935 included several periods in the history of German cinematography, which is reflected in the films analysed.
Keywords:
Stellan Rye, horror, Faust, German cinemaReferences
Kłys, Tomasz. Film niemiecki w epoce wilhelmińskiej i weimarskiej. In Kino nieme, edited by T. Lubelski, I. Sowińska, R. Syska. Kraków: Universitas, 2010
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Piotr Kurpiewskikwartalnik.filmowy@ispan.pl
University of Gdańsk Poland
Wykładowca Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego i nauczyciel historii w gdyńskim Gimnazjum nr 11. Od 2007 r. naukowo zajmuje się historią kinematografii polskiej ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem czasów PRL. W 2013 r. obronił rozprawę doktorską pt. Film historyczny w Polsce Ludowej. Autor kilku tekstów naukowych i popularnonaukowych z zakresu historii filmu, oddany fan twórczości Krzysztofa Kieślowskiego i Wojciecha Smarzowskiego.
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