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The Head of Janus (1920)

ALL 08/26/1920 (de) Horror, Science Fiction 107 Min
  • Release
    08/26/1920
  • Production
    Lipow-Film
  • Rotten tomato
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  • Original title
    Der Januskopf
  • Original language
    de
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
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Overview

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.

  1. F. W. Murnau

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Erich Pommer

    Producer



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The Head of Janus (1920) 107 Min

ALL 08/26/1920 (de)
Horror, Science Fiction
  • Release 08/26/1920
  • Production
    Lipow-Film
  • Original title Der Januskopf
  • de
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

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.

  1. F. W. Murnau

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Erich Pommer

    Producer



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