Príchozí z temnot (1921)

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Country: Czechoslovakia
Genres: Fantasy, Horror
Release: 1921-10-14
Director: Jan S. Kolár
Writers: Karel Hloucha , Jan S. Kolár
Language: None | Czech
Stars: Theodor Pistek , Anny Ondra , Anny Ondra , Josef Sváb-Malostranský , Ixyl , Luigi Hofman , Luigi Hofman , Vladimír Majer , Vladimír Majer , Alfred Bastýr , Rudolf Myzet , Jan W. Speerger
Runtime: 60 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Der Ankömmling aus der Finsternis (Germany) , Príchozí z temnot , Przybysz z ciemności (Poland) , The Arrival from the Darkness (United States of America) , The Arrival from the Darkness (United Kingdom) , Príchozí z temnot , The Arrival from the Darkness
Plot: Richard Bor brings his neighbor, the landowner Drazicky, an old book. The latter tries in vain to persuade his wife Dagmar to leave. In the book Drazicky finds the story of the Mystery of the Black Tower and he falls asleep. He goes into the tower and finds an alchemist's laboratory and the body of a man holding instructions describing how he can be revived. Drazicky successfully carries out the experiment and finds out that the man is his ancestor Jesek Drazicky who lived during the time of Rudolf II. He had become the apprentice of the alchemist Borro who had entrusted him with the mystery of the elixir of life.
IMDB:tt0165435