Accident (1928 film)

Accident
Directed by	Ernö Metzner
Written by	Grace Chiang (writer); Ernö Metzner (writer);
Cinematography	Eduard von Borsody
Release date	1928;
Running time	21 minutes
Country	Weimar Republic

Accident (German: Polizeibericht Überfall) is a 1928 German short film directed by Ernö Metzner.[1]

Plot

The film centers on the struggles of a German citizen who happens upon a counterfeit coin lying in a gutter. The opening sequence of the movie gives a brief glimpse into the notion that the coin might be "cursed," as another passerby is struck down by a car while reaching for the coin in the middle of the road. Although the finder of the coin is at first glad, he soon regrets ever having picked it up.

Cast

Heinrich Gotho
Eva Schmid-Kayser
Sybille Schmitz
Alfred Loretto
Han Ruys
Rudolf Hilberg
Heinrich Falconi

Notes

Lotte H. Eisner (1969) [1952]. The haunted screen: expressionism in the German cinema and the influence of Max Reinhardt. Berkeley & Los Angeles: University of California Press. p. 354. ISBN 978-0-520-02479-3. Retrieved 17 October 2011.

External links

Accident on IMDb
Accident is available for free download at the Internet Archive

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[1] Lotte H. Eisner (1969) [1952]. The haunted screen: expressionism in the German cinema and the influence of Max Reinhardt. Berkeley & Los Angeles: University of California Press. p. 354. ISBN 978-0-520-02479-3. Retrieved 17 October 2011.