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The Student of Prague was released on December 26, 1926.
The Student of Prague was directed by Henrik Galeen.
The Student of Prague has a runtime of 2h 13m.
The Student of Prague was produced by Harry R. Sokal.
The film is set in the year 1820 and centers around a student at a university in Prague, Balduin. At a student-led outing to a country inn, Balduin encounters the figure Scapinelli who offers him money "for very low interest." Balduin believes him to be a loan shark and ignores him to go engage in a fencing match with another student. After the match, the viewer sees Scapinelli on a cliffside, watching a young woman (later revealed to be Margit, the daughter of a count) on horseback who is participating in a fox-hunt. He manipulates the situation such that the animals run amok and head towards the inn. Balduin sees Margit on the horse and catches her when she falls off. As a reward, he receives an invitation to her father's house, Count Schwarzenberg. There he becomes aware of his own poverty in comparison to Margit's fiance, who is a baron. Later that night, Scapinelli again comes for Balduin and makes an offer. Balduin signs a contract stipulating that Scapinelli can have anything in the room he wants in return for 600,000 florin. Balduin signs and Scapinelli takes out a small bag and proceeds to pour the entirety of the 600,000 onto the table. Scapinelli then takes his part: Balduin's reflection.
The key characters in The Student of Prague are Balduin, Student (Conrad Veidt), Lyduschka, Blumenmädchen (Elizza La Porta), Reichsgraf von Schwarzenberg (Fritz Alberti).
The Student of Prague is rated Not Rated.
The Student of Prague is a Horror, Drama film.
The Student of Prague has an audience rating of 6.9 out of 10.