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Title: great acting,.. excellent cinematography,.. poor story line
Review: I gave one star to the excellent performances by Willem Dafoe, John Malkovich, and Catherine McCormack, and another to great film making. The cast was fantastic; they were able to hold together what little story there actually was. Slow at times, the photography, depicting the early days of black and white German silent films was very good. The character make-up and dress was very good, too. The real shocker was the end: so lame and predictable that I couldn't believe they had actually done it. They must have bored themselves silly trying to think of a finale. It took the life right out of it.
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