A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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	Otto Matiesen. Frame enlargement: Silent Era image collection.

Cast: Otto Matiesen (Otto Matieson) [the insane], William Herford [the old man], Hans de Fuerberg [a detective], Charles Darvas [a detective].

[?] Klein & Shamroy? production. / Produced by Maurice Barber. Adapted (scenario) by Charles F. Klein, from the story “The Tell-tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe. Photographed (cinematography) by Leon Shamroy. Presented by Maurice Barber. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Silent film.

Drama: Expressionistic.

Survival status: Print exists in the British Film Institute National Archive film archive.

Current rights holder: (unknown)

Keywords: Crime: Murder (Strangulation) - Death: Murder - Insanity - Law: Enforcement: Police: Detectives

Listing updated: 1 December 2022.

References: Film credits, film viewing : Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.