The Black Room (1935 film)

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The Black Room
Directed by	Roy William Neill
Written by	Henry Myers Arthur Strawn
Starring	Boris Karloff George Allen
Music by	R.H Bassett Milan Roder Louis Silvers
Cinematography	Allen G. Siegler
Editing by	Richard Cahoon
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date(s)	July 15, 1935 November 4, 1935 1942 (rerelease)
Running time	70 min
Language	English
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The Black Room is a 1935 mystery and horror film, directed by Roy William Neill. It starred Boris Karloff who played dual roles as twin brothers. The film also starred Marion Marsh and Robert (Tex) Allen. It was released in Great Britain as The Black Room Mystery.

1 Plot
2 Cast
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Plot

The story concerns two twin brothers, Anton and Gregor Bergmann. According to a prophecy, Anton, the younger twin will kill his brother, Gregor, in the Black Room of the castle. Anton has returned to the castle after a ten year absence. Gregor is a baron, whose tyranny is detested by many of his subjects. Anton earns the respect of the subjects, as well as the admiration of Colonel Paul Hassell (Thurston Hall), the uncle of Thea (Marian Marsh). Gregor kills his young servant, Mashka (Katherine DeMille), and his subjects form a mob and storm the castle. Gregor attempts to appease them by renouncing his title in favor of Anton. He then kills Anton to assume his identity. Colonel Hassell discovers that Gregor is in disguise and also gets killed. Lieutenant Albert Lussan (Robert Allen) is falsely accused of the murder, and nothing can now stop evil Gregor.