The Black Cat - crew, film crew

The entire team, the film crew of the film "The Black Cat"
The Black Cat (1934)
Timing: 1:3 (63 min)
The Black Cat - TMDB rating
6.7/10
253
The Black Cat - Kinopoisk rating
6.428/10
1354
The Black Cat - IMDB rating
6.9/10
14000

Film crew

Director

Producer

Photo Carl Laemmle Jr. #79426Photo Carl Laemmle Jr. #79427Photo Carl Laemmle Jr. #79428Photo Carl Laemmle Jr. #79429
Carl Laemmle Jr.
Producer

Editor

Ray Curtiss
Editor

Art Direction

Charles D. Hall
Art Direction

Costume Design

Makeup Artist

Photo Jack Pierce #79432

Jack Pierce

Jack Pierce
Makeup Artist

Director of Photography

John J. Mescall
Director of Photography

Still Photographer

Photo Roman Freulich #79434
Roman Freulich
Still Photographer

Production Manager

M.F. Murphy
Production Manager

Screenplay

Peter Ruric
Screenplay
Tom Kilpatrick
Screenplay

Set Designer

Story

Peter Ruric
Story

Assistant Director

William J. Reiter
Assistant Director
Sam Weisenthal
Assistant Director

Music

Sound

Gilbert Kurland
Sound

Supervising Producer

E.M. Asher
Supervising Producer

Short Story

What's left behind the scenes

  • 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.
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