Der Januskopf
(The Janus-Head)
AKA Januskopf, eine Tragödie am Rande der Wirklichkeit and Schrecken in Germany; Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in the United Kingdom; Love’s Mockery in the USA : [The Head of Janus]
(1920) German
B&W : Feature film
Directed by F.W. Murnau

Cast: Conrad Veidt [Dr. Warren/Mr. O’Connor], Magnus Stifter [Dr. Warren’s friend], Margarete Schlegel [Grace/Jane], Willy Kaiser-Heyl, Bela Lugosi [Dr. Warren’s butler], Margarete Kupfer, Danny Guertler, Gustav Botz, Jaro Fürth, Hans Lanser-Rudolf, Marga Reuter, Lanja Rudolph

Lipow-Film production for Decla-Bioskop Aktiengesellschaft. / Produced by Erich Pommer. Scenario by Hans Janowitz, from the novelette The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. Production design by Heinrich Richter. Cinematography by Karl Freund, Carl Hoffmann and Carl Weiss. / Premiere 26 August 1920 in Berlin, Germany. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / The film was released in the USA as Love’s Mockery in 1920.

Drama: Horror.

Survival Status: The film is presumed lost.

Keywords: Authors: Robert Louis Stevenson - Crime: Murder - Death: Murder

Listing updated: 12 October 2007.

References: AFI-F1 n. F1.1063; Aylesworth-Monsters pp. 56, 145; Bardèche-History p. 251; Bohn-Light p. 126; Lloyd-Seventy pp. 33, 34; Manchel-Terrors pp. 25-26; Marrero-Vintage pp. 12, 30, 156; Vermilye-Twenties p. 179 : Website-IMDb.