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Somnambul
Directed by	Adolf Trotz
Written by	Herbert Juttke Georg C. Klaren
Produced by	Leo Meyer
Starring	Fritz Kortner Erna Morena Veit Harlan Jaro Fürth
Cinematography	Robert Lach
Production company	Essem-Film
Distributed by	Vereinigte Star-Film
Release date	7 February 1929
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent German intertitles

Somnambul is a 1929 German silent horror film directed by Adolf Trotz and starring Fritz Kortner, Erna Morena and Veit Harlan. The film is set against the backdrop of spiritualism.^[1] The Berlin clairvoyant Elsbeth Guenther-Geffers appeared in the film.^[2] The film's art director was August Rinaldi.

Cast

• Fritz Kortner as Fabrikant Bingen
• Erna Morena as Helga, seine Frau
• Veit Harlan as Kurt Bingen, beider Sohn
• Jaro Fürth as Dr. Höchster
• Eva von Berne as Amélie, seine Tochter
• Fritz Kampers as Maxe, eine zweifelhafte Existenz
• Uly Boutry as Myra, das Medium
• Julius Falkenstein as Spinelli, der Hypnotiseur
• Elsbeth Guenther-Geffers as Die Hellseherin
• Georg John as Der Wirt

References

Bibliography

• Noack, Frank. Veit Harlan: The Life and Work of a Nazi Filmmaker. University Press of Kentucky, 2016.
• Prawer, S.S. Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910–1933. Berghahn Books, 2005. ISBN 978-1-84545-074-8

External links

• Somnambul at IMDb

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