Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
No longer a trope.
Changed line(s) 17,18 (click to see context) from:
* VictoriasSecretCompartment: The woman stuffs a handkerchief in here.
* YourCheatingHeart: The woman cheats on her husband with the youth. Earlier, she was enjoying the attention of her male guests a little too much.
* YourCheatingHeart: The woman cheats on her husband with the youth. Earlier, she was enjoying the attention of her male guests a little too much.
to:
* VictoriasSecretCompartment: The woman stuffs a handkerchief in here.
* YourCheatingHeart: The woman cheats on her husband with the youth. Earlier, she was enjoying the attention of her male guests a little too much.here.
* YourCheatingHeart: The woman cheats on her husband with the youth. Earlier, she was enjoying the attention of her male guests a little too much.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 4 (click to see context) from:
The setting is Germany in the early 1800s. A rich guy ("man") is hosting a dinner party at which his wife ("woman") is openly flirting with their four male guests ("youth" and "three gentlemen"). The amorous guests think this is just awesome, but hubby isn't exactly having a swell time. Then there's a fifth guest, a mysterious shadow puppeteer. After his puppet show, things quickly get out of hand. The man catches his wife cheating on him with the youth. Consumed by a jealous rage, he plots his murderous revenge. ''Or does he?''
to:
The setting is [[UsefulNotes/AllTheLittleGermanies Germany in the early 1800s.1800s]]. A rich guy ("man") is hosting a dinner party at which his wife ("woman") is openly flirting with their four male guests ("youth" and "three gentlemen"). The amorous guests think this is just awesome, but hubby isn't exactly having a swell time. Then there's a fifth guest, a mysterious shadow puppeteer. After his puppet show, things quickly get out of hand. The man catches his wife cheating on him with the youth. Consumed by a jealous rage, he plots his murderous revenge. ''Or does he?''
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 4 (click to see context) from:
In setting is Germany in the early 1800s. A rich guy ("man") is hosting a dinner party at which his wife ("woman") is openly flirting with their four male guests ("youth" and "three gentlemen"). The amorous guests think this is just awesome, but hubby isn't exactly having a swell time. Then there's a fifth guest, a mysterious shadow puppeteer. After his puppet show, things quickly get out of hand. The man catches his wife cheating on him with the youth. Consumed by a jealous rage, he plots his murderous revenge. ''Or does he?''
to:
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 4 (click to see context) from:
In nineteenth-century Germany, a rich guy ("man") hosts a dinner party at which his wife ("woman") openly flirts with their four male guests ("youth" and "three gentlemen"). The amorous guests think this is just awesome, but hubby isn't exactly having a swell time. Then there's a fifth guest, a mysterious shadow puppeteer. After his puppet show, things quickly get out of hand. The man catches his wife cheating on him with the youth. Consumed by a jealous rage, he plots his murderous revenge. ''Or does he?''
to:
In nineteenth-century Germany, a setting is Germany in the early 1800s. A rich guy ("man") hosts is hosting a dinner party at which his wife ("woman") is openly flirts flirting with their four male guests ("youth" and "three gentlemen"). The amorous guests think this is just awesome, but hubby isn't exactly having a swell time. Then there's a fifth guest, a mysterious shadow puppeteer. After his puppet show, things quickly get out of hand. The man catches his wife cheating on him with the youth. Consumed by a jealous rage, he plots his murderous revenge. ''Or does he?''
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ws.jpg]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* MasterOfIllusion: The shadow master, naturally.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 1,2 (click to see context) from:
'''Warning Shadows''' (original title: ''Schatten – Eine nächtliche Halluzination'', meaning "Shadows - a Nocturnal Hallucination") is a 1923 silent [[GermanExpressionism German Expressionist]] film.
to:
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
'''Warning Shadows''' (original title: ''Schatten – Eine nächtliche Halluzination'', meaning "Shadows - a Nocturnal Hallucination") is a 1923 silent [[GermanExpressionism German Expressionist]] film.
In nineteenth-century Germany, a rich guy ("man") hosts a dinner party at which his wife ("woman") openly flirts with their four male guests ("youth" and "three gentlemen"). The amorous guests think this is just awesome, but hubby isn't exactly having a swell time. Then there's a fifth guest, a mysterious shadow puppeteer. After his puppet show, things quickly get out of hand. The man catches his wife cheating on him with the youth. Consumed by a jealous rage, he plots his murderous revenge. ''Or does he?''
----
!!This film has the examples of:
* AllJustADream: [[spoiler:Everything that happened after the shadow play was a dream/hallucination/vision conjured up by the shadow master in order to ScareEmStraight.]]
* BridalCarry: The youth imagines doing this with the woman.
* ADeadlyAffair: [[spoiler:The cuckolded man has his wife killed for cheating on him.]]
* DestinationDefenestration: [[spoiler:After he makes them take part in killing his wife, the guests throw the man out the window to his death.]]
* NamelessNarrative: All the characters are nameless. The opening credits identify them as "man," "woman," "youth," etc.
* RageAgainstTheReflection: [[spoiler:After killing his wife]], the man has a MyGodWhatHaveIDone reaction. He sees his reflection in a mirror and smashes it.
* ShowWithinAShow: The shadow puppet show
* TitleCard: Averted, unusually for a silent film. The film contains no intertitles other than the opening credits.
* VictoriasSecretCompartment: The woman stuffs a handkerchief in here.
* YourCheatingHeart: The woman cheats on her husband with the youth. Earlier, she was enjoying the attention of her male guests a little too much.
In nineteenth-century Germany, a rich guy ("man") hosts a dinner party at which his wife ("woman") openly flirts with their four male guests ("youth" and "three gentlemen"). The amorous guests think this is just awesome, but hubby isn't exactly having a swell time. Then there's a fifth guest, a mysterious shadow puppeteer. After his puppet show, things quickly get out of hand. The man catches his wife cheating on him with the youth. Consumed by a jealous rage, he plots his murderous revenge. ''Or does he?''
----
!!This film has the examples of:
* AllJustADream: [[spoiler:Everything that happened after the shadow play was a dream/hallucination/vision conjured up by the shadow master in order to ScareEmStraight.]]
* BridalCarry: The youth imagines doing this with the woman.
* ADeadlyAffair: [[spoiler:The cuckolded man has his wife killed for cheating on him.]]
* DestinationDefenestration: [[spoiler:After he makes them take part in killing his wife, the guests throw the man out the window to his death.]]
* NamelessNarrative: All the characters are nameless. The opening credits identify them as "man," "woman," "youth," etc.
* RageAgainstTheReflection: [[spoiler:After killing his wife]], the man has a MyGodWhatHaveIDone reaction. He sees his reflection in a mirror and smashes it.
* ShowWithinAShow: The shadow puppet show
* TitleCard: Averted, unusually for a silent film. The film contains no intertitles other than the opening credits.
* VictoriasSecretCompartment: The woman stuffs a handkerchief in here.
* YourCheatingHeart: The woman cheats on her husband with the youth. Earlier, she was enjoying the attention of her male guests a little too much.
