Phantom (1922) is a silent film that was directed by F. W. Murnau the same year Murnau directed Nosferatu. It is an example of German Expressionist film and has a surreal, dreamlike quality. The film was thought to be lost for many years, but was restored by German film archivists and re-released in the USA on September 12, 2006. (Source: IMDB)
The film is told in an extended flashback. Lorenz Lubota (Alfred Abel), is a clerk in a minor governmen...
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Phantom (1922) is a silent film that was directed by F. W. Murnau the same year Murnau directed Nosferatu. It is an example of German Expressionist film and has a surreal, dreamlike quality. The film was thought to be lost for many years, but was restored by German film archivists and re-released in the USA on September 12, 2006. (Source: IMDB)
The film is told in an extended flashback. Lorenz Lubota (Alfred Abel), is a clerk in a minor government office, an aspiring poet, and a member of a family headed by a worrisome mother who has a tense relationship with a daughter, Melanie, whom the mother believes works as a prostitute. While going to work one day, a woman (Lya De Putti) driving two white horses hits Lorenz in the road. Physically, he is unharmed, but from that point forward, the woman in the carriage (named Veronika) consumes his every thought.
His obsession with Veronika costs him his job when he fails to show up for work and threatens his boss for accusing him of stalking...
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