Somnambul Explained

Somnambul
Director:	Adolf Trotz
Producer:	Leo Meyer
Starring:	Fritz Kortner Erna Morena Veit Harlan Jaro Fürth
Cinematography:	Robert Lach
Studio:	Essem-Film
Distributor:	Vereinigte Star-Film
Country:	Germany
Language:	Silent German intertitles

Somnambul is a 1929 German silent horror film directed by Adolf Trotz and starring Fritz Kortner, Erna Morena and Veit Harlan. The film is set against the backdrop of spiritualism.^[1] The Berlin clairvoyant Elsbeth Guenther-Geffers appeared in the film.^[2] The film's art director was August Rinaldi.

Cast

• Fritz Kortner as Fabrikant Bingen
• Erna Morena as Helga, seine Frau
• Veit Harlan as Kurt Bingen, beider Sohn
• Jaro Fürth as Dr. Höchster
• Eva von Berne as Amélie, seine Tochter
• Fritz Kampers as Maxe, eine zweifelhafte Existenz
• Uly Boutry as Myra, das Medium
• Julius Falkenstein as Spinelli, der Hypnotiseur
• Elsbeth Guenther-Geffers as Die Hellseherin
• Georg John as Der Wirt

Bibliography

• Noack, Frank. Veit Harlan: The Life and Work of a Nazi Filmmaker. University Press of Kentucky, 2016.
• Prawer, S.S. Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910–1933. Berghahn Books, 2005.

Notes and References

1. Prawer p.88-89
2. Noack p.49