This film is a myth but I really can not understand why. The story itself is relatively absurd but that alone would not have made it impossible to make a good movie out of it. But the actions of Professor UnRath and Lola are never really motivated. He changes from being infuriated to being fallen in love from one moment to the other, she becomes a vamp without really showing the reason for it. Moreover to my opinion the acting is not too good: the characters move around relatively uncoordinated.
Nevertheless the film was deeply influential. Even in the Nazi periods films like "Zu neuen Ufern" by the later emigre Detlef Sierck/ Douglas Sirk or "Feuerzangenbowle" took some elements from it, although it was forbidden. Fassbinder's outstanding "Lola" draws heavily on it.
The film itself is inspired by master works of German expressionism, especially "Das Kabinett des Doktor Caligari" but it does not succeed in creating a dense atmosphere.
Therefore: interesting as a document of film and general history. (4/10)
Nevertheless the film was deeply influential. Even in the Nazi periods films like "Zu neuen Ufern" by the later emigre Detlef Sierck/ Douglas Sirk or "Feuerzangenbowle" took some elements from it, although it was forbidden. Fassbinder's outstanding "Lola" draws heavily on it.
The film itself is inspired by master works of German expressionism, especially "Das Kabinett des Doktor Caligari" but it does not succeed in creating a dense atmosphere.
Therefore: interesting as a document of film and general history. (4/10)