The Black Cat

The Black Cat (1934)

Timing: 1:3 (63 min)

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Release date

1934-05-07

Country

United States

Production

Universal Pictures

Genre

Horror

Budget

$95 745

Revenue

$236 000

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Director

Edgar G. Ulmer

Actors

Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, David Manners, Julie Bishop, Egon Brecher, Harry Cording, Lucille Lund, Henry Armetta, Albert Conti, John Carradine
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Scenario

Producer

Carl Laemmle Jr.

Operator

John J. Mescall

Composer

Artist

Audition

Editing

Ray Curtiss
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• The main character was named after architect Hans Polzig, with whom Edgar G. Ulmer (according to his own account) worked on the set design for the film "The Golem: How He Came Into the World" in 1920. The image of the occultist was based on the famous Aleister Crowley.
• The film's title references Edgar Allan Poe's story "The Black Cat," although the plots of these works are essentially unrelated.
• The protagonist was named after architect Hans Polzig, with whom Edgar G. Ulmer (according to his own account) worked on the set design for the film "The Golem: How He Came Into the World" in 1920. The famous Aleister Crowley served as the basis for the image of the occultist.
• The film's title alludes to Edgar Allan Poe's story "The Black Cat," although the plots of these works do not essentially intersect.