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* ExecutiveMeddling: Carl Laemmle Jr., the studio head, strongly disliked the even darker original cut, and demanded reshoots to make Werdegast [[WellIntentionedExtremist more sympathetic]] and give the film more of a BittersweetEnding.
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* PlayingAgainstType: Béla Lugosi as a good guy? NO WAI! Unfortunately, that was only due to a script rewrite. Werdegast was originally playing chess to save Joan Allison's life ''for himself'', if you know what I mean. He was nowhere near as bad as Poelzig, but he didn't start out as a simple wronged family man. Damn it.
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* PlayingAgainstType: Béla Lugosi as a good guy? NO WAI! Unfortunately, that was guy, if only due to a script rewrite. Werdegast was originally playing chess to save Joan Allison's life ''for himself'', if you know what I mean.himself''. He was nowhere near as bad as Poelzig, but he didn't start out as a simple wronged family man. Damn it.\n
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* PlayingAgainstType: Béla Lugosi as a good guy? NO WAI!
** Unfortunately, that was only due to a script rewrite. Werdegast was originally playing chess to save Joan Allison's life ''for himself'', if you know what I mean. He was nowhere near as bad as Poelzig, but he didn't start out as a simple wronged family man. Damn it.
** Unfortunately, that was only due to a script rewrite. Werdegast was originally playing chess to save Joan Allison's life ''for himself'', if you know what I mean. He was nowhere near as bad as Poelzig, but he didn't start out as a simple wronged family man. Damn it.
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* PlayingAgainstType: Béla Lugosi as a good guy? NO WAI!
**WAI! Unfortunately, that was only due to a script rewrite. Werdegast was originally playing chess to save Joan Allison's life ''for himself'', if you know what I mean. He was nowhere near as bad as Poelzig, but he didn't start out as a simple wronged family man. Damn it.it.
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* PlayingAgainstType: Béla Lugosi as a good guy? NO WAI!
** Unfortunately, that was only due to a script rewrite. Werdegast was originally playing chess to save Joan Allison's life ''for himself'', if you know what I mean. He was nowhere near as bad as Poelzig, but he didn't start out as a simple wronged family man. Damn it.
** Unfortunately, that was only due to a script rewrite. Werdegast was originally playing chess to save Joan Allison's life ''for himself'', if you know what I mean. He was nowhere near as bad as Poelzig, but he didn't start out as a simple wronged family man. Damn it.
