My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Flicker Alley)
Meek city clerk and aspiring writer Alfred Abel gets run over by a mysterious woman on his way to work one day. He immediately falls in love with her. A trusted friend tells him that his poetry is good enough to be published, so he dreams of fame and wealth. He manages to get a large loan from a wealthy aunt, with the help of a "friend" who uses the opportunity to line his own pockets. However, it all turns out to be "phantoms". Unable to get the girl, he settles for another one that looks like her. His poetry turns out to be trash and his aunt wants her money back. He goes to jail, atones for his sins and marries a book dealer's daughter. It's hard to empathize with Abel, he's just so pathetic and gullible. Murnau's expressionistic flourishes are mostly missing in this odd love story.
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