| Life Is a Dream | |
| Director: | Robert Wiene |
| Producer: | Oskar Messter |
| Starring: | Emil Jannings Bruno Decarli Maria Fein |
| Studio: | Messter Film |
| Distributor: | Hansa Film |
| Country: | German Empire |
| Language: | Silent German intertitles |
Life Is a Dream (German: Das Leben ein Traum) is a 1917 German silent drama film directed by Robert Wiene and starring Emil Jannings, Bruno Decarli and Maria Fein. A young aristocrat meets a man and marries him, but soon discovers he is a monster. After his death she grows increasingly mad, until a revolutionary new cure is attempted which makes her believe that the whole episode was simply a dream.[1]