1 Movie Starring Julie Bishop

The Black Cat

The Black Cat

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1934-05-07

Languages:

English, Latin, Hungarian

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

65 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (5624 Reviews)

Director:

Edgar G. Ulmer

Cast:

Writer:

Edgar Allan Poe (suggested by a story by)

Peter Ruric (screenplay)

Edgar G. Ulmer (story)

Peter Ruric (story)

Fullplot:

Honeymooning in Hungary, Joan and Peter Allison share their train compartment with Dr. Vitus Verdegast, a courtly but tragic man who is returning to the remains of the town he defended before becoming a prisoner of war for fifteen years. When their hotel-bound bus crashes in a mountain storm and Joan is injured, the travellers seek refuge in the home, built fortress-like upon the site of a bloody battlefield, of famed architect Hjalmar Poelzig. There, cat-phobic Verdegast learns his wife's fate, grieves for his lost daughter, and must play a game of chess for Allison's life.

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