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Director: Frank Wisbar Writers: Reinhold Conrad Muschler (novel), Frank Wisbar (screenplay) Stars: Sybille Schmitz, Jean Galland, Ilse Abel Die Unbekannte (The Unknown) was adapted by director Frank Wysbar from his own novel (co-written by R. C. Muschler). Sybille Schmitz, who was previously so memorable as the attractive blood-sucker in Dreyer’s Vampyr, heads the cast as woman-of-mystery Madeleine. The story begins at the ending, as Madeleine’s dead body is pulled from the river. With no identification on her person, Madeleine remains unidentified — to everyone but the viewer, who is apprised of the girl’s melancholy history via flashback.
