A Deal with the Devil (S)
- Original title
- Den mystiske Fremmede
- Year
- 1914
- Running time
- 19 min.
- Country
- Denmark
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Olaf Fønss
- Ebba Thomsen
- Alf Blutecher
- Ingeborg Bruhn Bertelsen
- Philip Bech
- Johannes Ring
- Dagmar Kofoed
- Franz Skondrup
- Charles Willumsen
- Ingeborg Jensen
- Birger von Cotta-Schønberg
- Holger Syndergaard
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- Music
Alexander Schirmann (Silent Movie)- Cinematography
Marius Clausen (B&W)- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | Short Film. Silent Film. Origins of Film
- Synopsis
- In the hope of becoming rich and famous, Walter Fabre, a medical student, devotes all his time to study and refuses the invitation of his fellow-students to join them in merry-making. Walter falls asleep and dreams that Mephistopheles appears and tells him that he can make his fame and fortune by giving him the power to foretell the death or recovery of a patient; in the event of death Mephisto will appear at the head, and in case of recovery he will appear at the feet of the patient. To prove his superhuman power he tells Walter that he will save the life of the King, who has been given up by all authorities. Walter gains admission to the King's bedside and while diagnosing the case. Mephistopheles appears at the foot. The King recovers and Walter becomes famous. Sometime later a beautiful young Baroness and her mother are out driving and the latter is fatally injured in an accident. The young Baroness, Ida Shinting, summons Walter and when he arrives at the bedside he sees Mephisto...
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