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The Arrival from the Darkness

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The Arrival from the Darkness
Příchozí z temnot
Directed byJan S. Kolár
Written byKarel Hloucha
Jan S. Kolár
StarringTheodor Pištěk
Anny Ondra
Karel Lamač
CinematographyOtto Heller
Otto Hoffmann
Production
company
Rexfilm
Distributed byRexfilm
Release date
  • 14 October 1921 (1921-10-14)
Running time
62 minutes
CountryCzechoslovakia
LanguagesSilent
Czech intertitles

The Arrival from the Darkness aka Redivivus (Czech: Příchozí z temnot) is a 1921 Czechoslovak silent fantasy horror film directed by Jan S. Kolár.[1]

Plot

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Production

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Exteriors were shot at castles Karlštejn, Český Šternberk and Okoř.[2] Studio scenes were shot at EFA-Atelier am Zoo in Berlin in sets made by art director Fritz Kraenke.[3]

Cast

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Release

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The film was released in cinemas in Germany, Austria, France and Great Britain under the name Redivivus in 1921.[1]

From 2005 to 2007, the film was reconstructed and shown in film festivals. It was released in a DVD box set with six other Kolár's silent films by Czech Film Archive in 2018.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "The Arrival from the Darkness". Filmový přehled. Czech Film Archive. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Příchozí z temnot" [Coming from the dark]. Filmová místa (in Czech). Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  3. ^ Luboš Bartošek (1985). Náš film: kapitoly z dějin, 1896-1945 (in Czech). Mladá fronta. pp. 105–106.
  4. ^ Šrajer, Martin. "Otrávené světlo a Příchozí z temnot na DVD" [The poisoned light and the Incoming from Dark on DVD]. Filmový přehled (in Czech). Czech Film Archive. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
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