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El gato negro (1934)

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El gato negro

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    While honeymooning on the Orient Express and headed for Visegard, Hungary, novelist Peter Alison (David Manners) and his wife Joan () meet Doctor Vitus Werdegast (Bela Lugosi), a psychiatrist on his way to Gömbös to visit his old friend, architect Hjalmar Poelzig (Boris Karloff), after spending the past 15 years as a prisoner of war in Siberia. When the bus to Hotel Hungaria in Gömbös overturns on a rainy mountain road and Joan is injured, Werdegast invites them along to Poelzig's house so that he can treat the injury. There, Werdegast discovers that Poelzig, who married Werdegast's wife during his captivity, now displays her preserved corpse in a glass case in the turret. Poelzig, obviously gone mad, intends to sacrifice Joan in a Satanic ritual during tomorrow's dark moon. In an attempt to save Joan's life, Werdegast engages Poelzig in a game of chess....and loses.



    'The Black Cat' is a short story by American horror writer Edgar Allan Poe [1809-1849]. The movie took the title from the story but little else. The screenplay was written by American screenwriter George Carol Sims (writing under the name Peter Ruric), who adapted it from a story by the film's Austrian-American director Edgar G. Ulmer.



    On the given map of Hungary, Visgard (Visegrod) can be seen on the River Danube (Duna) just north of Budapest.



    According to the movie, the black cat is a symbol of evil. Poelzig owns a black cat, and Werdegast is deathly frightened by cats such that, upon seeing it, he instinctively throws a knife at it, killing it. However, like the black cat in Poe's story, it returns later in the movie, suggesting that it cannot be killed, i.e., cats have nine lives.



    Yes. Hyoscine (aka scopolamine), although not technically a narcotic (i.e., derived from opium), has narcotic-like effects, such as sedation and decreased awareness. It is derived from plants in the Solanaceae (nightshade) family, such as Datura and henbane (Hyoscyamus niger).



    Yes. 'The Black Cat', first published in 1843, is in the public domain and can be read and/or downloaded from numerous sites, e.g., here, here, and here. It's also at Project Gutenberg and at Mobileread.com.



    The guests don their black robes as the Satanic ritual begins. As Poelzig chants in Latin, Joan is led towards the altar, promptly fainting when she reaches it. When a second girl faints and everyone rushes over to her, Werdegast and his servant Thamal (Harry Cording) secrete Joan from the altar. As Werdegast leads Joan to safety, Joan informs him that his daughter Karen (Lucille Lund), whom he believed to be dead, is in the house and that she is Poelzig's wife. Werdegast finds Karen lying on the embalming table, apparently dead. He cries out and is attacked by Poelzig. Thamal, who has been wounded by Poelzig's servant, rushes in to help his master. Together, they lash Poelzig to his embalming rack, and Werdegast rips off Poelzig's shirt. He grabs a scalpel and begins to skin Poelzig. Joan's screams bring Peter running, but he is stopped from entering the room by a barred door. He tells Joan to find the key. Werdegast tries to help her but Peter, thinking Werdegast is in league with Poelzig, shoots him. Joan opens the door and, as she and Peter get away, Werdegast pulls the red switch, which will ignite the dynamite in five minutes. Joan and Peter make it outside just as the dynamite begins to explode. In the final scene, they are back on the train and on to Budapest. Peter opens a newspaper and finds a review of his latest book Triple Murder. He reads the review to Joan and is amused when the writer says that he has 'overstepped the bounds in the matter of credibility' and recommending that he 'confine himself to the possible instead of having his melodramatic imagination run away with him.'



    You can see Lugosi and Karloff together again in The Raven (1935), El rayo invisible (1935), El hijo de Frankenstein (1939), Viernes 13 (1940), and El rey del pánico (1940). They also appear--albeit separately-in Gift of Gab (1934). They were also in El profanador de tumbas (1945).

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  • How long is The Black Cat?
    1 hour and 5 minutes
  • When was The Black Cat released?
    May 7, 1934
  • What is the IMDb rating of The Black Cat?
    6.9 out of 10
  • Who stars in The Black Cat?
    Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, and David Manners
  • Who wrote The Black Cat?
    Edgar Allan Poe, Edgar G. Ulmer, Peter Ruric, and Tom Kilpatrick
  • Who directed The Black Cat?
    Edgar G. Ulmer
  • Who was the composer for The Black Cat?
    Heinz Roemheld
  • Who was the producer of The Black Cat?
    Carl Laemmle Jr.
  • Who was the cinematographer for The Black Cat?
    John J. Mescall
  • Who was the editor of The Black Cat?
    Ray Curtiss
  • Who are the characters in The Black Cat?
    Hjalmar Poelzig, Dr. Vitus Werdegast, and Peter Alison
  • What is the plot of The Black Cat?
    American honeymooners in Hungary become trapped in the home of a Satan-worshipping priest when the bride is taken there for medical help following a road accident.
  • What was the budget for The Black Cat?
    $95,750
  • How much did The Black Cat earn at the worldwide box office?
    $180
  • How much did The Black Cat earn at the US box office?
    $236,000
  • What is The Black Cat rated?
    Not Rated
  • What genre is The Black Cat?
    Crime, Horror, Romance, and Thriller
  • How many awards has The Black Cat won?
    2 awards
  • How many awards has The Black Cat been nominated for?
    3 nominations

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