The Power of Darkness (1924 film)

{{Short description|1924 film}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = The Power of Darkness

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| director = Conrad Wiene

| producer =

| writer = {{ubl|Leo Tolstoy (play)|Robert Wiene}}

| narrator =

| starring = {{ubl|Petr Sharov|Mariya Germanova|Maria Kryshanovskaya}}

| music = Willy Schmidt-Gentner

| editing =

| cinematography = {{ubl|Willy Goldberger|Ernst Lüttgens}}

| studio = Neumann-Filmproduktion

| distributor = Bayerische Film

| released = {{Film date|1924|06|16|df=yes}}

| runtime = 72 minutes

| country = Germany

| language = {{ubl|Silent|German intertitles}}

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The Power of Darkness (German:Die Macht der Finsternis) is a 1924 German silent drama film directed by Conrad Wiene and starring Petr Sharov, Mariya Germanova and Maria Kryshanovskaya. It is an adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's play The Power of Darkness.Jung & Schatzberg p.213

It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich.