The Student of Prague (1935 film)


The Student of Prague is a 1935 German horror film directed by Arthur Robison and starring Anton Walbrook, Theodor Loos and Dorothea Wieck. It is based on the eponymous novel by Hanns Heinz Ewers which had previously been adapted into celebrated silent films on two occasions.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Karl Haacker.

Cast

Writing for The Spectator in 1936, Graham Greene gave the film a mildly negative review, characterizing the film as "dull a curiosity, a relic of the classical German film of silent days". Negatively comparing the film to Galeen's 1926 version of the story, Greene found that the story was less believable and the acting less memorable. In favor of the film, Greene noted "one can say at any rate that it is on the right side".