Warning Shadows (1923) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained

Release, runtime and language

1923 · 90 mins

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Directed by

Arthur Robison

Starring

Fritz Rasp, Heinrich Gotho, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Gustav von Wangenheim, Karl Platen, Alexander Granach

Set in a 19th‑century German manor, a wealthy baron hosts a dinner for his wife and her four suitors. A mysterious shadow‑player intervenes, offering a vivid vision of what could happen if the baron's jealousy persists and the suitors continue their advances toward his beautiful wife. The nature of the vision remains ambiguous.