A 1919 fever dream where the Kaiser haunts your sleep and intertitles scream.
The American ambassador to Germany James W. Gerard warns that Germany will rise again to power and an attempt at world domination unless safeguards are taken, in this documentary-style propaganda drama.
Direction
William Nigh's nightmare imagery still crawls under your skin.
Production
Propaganda so theatrical it accidentally becomes surrealist art.
Director
William Nigh
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released months after Versailles, this was literal wartime trauma being sold as preventive medicine to shell-shocked audiences.
The Kaiser appears as a literal ghost haunting dreams—silent cinema's answer to 'the call is coming from inside the house.'
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