English (en-US)

Title

The Head of Janus

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The film was an unauthorized adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's novel The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, but the source material went unrecognized by some of the German media due to changes in the characters' names. Released in 1920, this is one of Murnau's lost films. While the film itself does not survive, the scripts and related production notes do. Because the film is lost, its full length is unknown. Dr. Warren is the Dr. Jekyll character who changes into Mr. O'Connor, a parallel of Mr. Hyde. This transformation is brought about, not by experimentation with chemicals as in Stevenson's original, but through the supernatural agency of a bust of Janus (the Roman god of duality), which Warren purchases in the opening sequence as a gift for his sweetheart, Jane. When she refuses the gift, horrified, Warren is forced to keep the statuette himself.

1h 47m

German (de-DE)

Title

Der Januskopf

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Russian (ru-RU)

Title

Голова Януса

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Врач Уоррен попадает под влияние скульптурного изображения, одна сторона которого показывает изображение доброго бога, вторая — злобного демона. Эта ужасная скульптура меняет его сознание. Он находит эликсир, который позволяет разделить Доброе и Злое в человеке. Уоррен может теперь превращаться в своего «alter ego» ОКоннора и обратно. Но однажды превращение не срабатывает, он обречён вечно оставаться О`Коннором. Он пытается составить завещание на имя Уоррена, но это ему не удается. В конце концов, преследуемый полицией, Уоррен покончил с собой.

1h 47m

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