Three tales of mystery (The living dead)

Production date and direction credit taken from print.; Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. CBPF.; Credits.; Paul Wegener, Harald Paulsen, Bert Reisfeld, Roma Bahn, Mary Parker, John Gottowt, Paul Henckels, Ilse Feurstenberg, Viktor de Kowa.; A film adaptation of three short stories: "The black cat," "Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether," and "The suicide club." A scientist murders his wife and conceals her corpse behind a cellar wall. The cat he accidentally entombed meows and reveals her body to a good samaritan who heard her screams and came to the house to offer help. He flees and runs into an asylum, where he feigns insanity and is taken in as a patient. The scientist later imprisons the asylum wardens, releases the patients, and takes charge of the institution. He turns the asylum into a suicide club, but he is finally captured after a dramatic confrontation with the reporter who has been pursuing him.; PFA 1616-108-8618. D0108; PFA 1616-108-8618. CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: August 5, 2002, difficulty holding frame line periodically ; slightly scratched.