The Haunted Castle (1921 film) - Directed by F. W. Murnau - Full Movie

In the castle Vogeloed, a few aristocrats are awaiting baroness Safferstätt. But first count Oetsch invites himself. Everyone thinks he murdered his brother, baroness Safferstat's first husband, three years ago. So, he is rather undesirable. But Oetsch stays; arguing he is not the murderer and will find the real one...

The Haunted Castle (1921), also known as Schloß Vogelöd: Die Enthullung eines Geheimnisses and Castle Vogeloed, is a silent chamber-drama directed by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau. The film is a moody psychodrama, "blending multiple flashbacks and dream sequences with a gloomy atmosphere.... It is one of the earliest surviving works of (F. W. Murnau)."

Directed by: F. W. Murnau
Written by: Carl Mayer, Berthold Viertel, Rudolph Stratz [de] (novel)
Produced by: Erich Pommer
Starring: Arnold Korff, Lulu Kyser-Korff, Lothar Mehnert, Paul Hartmann, Paul H. Bildt, Olga Tschechowa
Cinematography: László Schäffer, Fritz Arno Wagner
Production company: Uco-Film
Distributed by: Decla-Bioscop
Release date: 21 April 1921
Running time: 81 minutes
Country: Germany
Languages: Silent, German intertitles