Accident
GermanPolizeibericht Überfall
Directed byErnő Metzner
Written by
CinematographyEduard von Borsody
Release date
  • 1928 (1928)
Running time
21 minutes
CountryWeimar Republic
LanguageGerman

Accident (German: Polizeibericht Überfall) is a 1928 German short film directed by Ernő Metzner.[1]

Plot

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The film centers on the struggles of a German citizen who happens upon a counterfeit coin lying in a gutter. The opening sequence of the movie gives a brief glimpse into the notion that the coin might be "cursed," as another passerby is struck down by a car while reaching for the coin in the middle of the road. Although the finder of the coin is at first glad, he soon regrets ever having picked it up.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Eisner, Lotte H. (1969). The Haunted Screen: Expressionism in the German Cinema and the Influence of Max Reinhardt. Translated by Greaves, Roger. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 354. ISBN 978-0-520-02479-3.