Overview

A kindly but desperate Alsatian innkeeper named Mathias murders and robs a rich Jewish merchant staying at his inn, but the ghost of his victim will not let him rest. Meanwhile, a mysterious Mesmerist has come to town, claiming he has made many criminals confess their crimes...

Genres

Cast

Lionel Barrymore

Mathias

Caroline Frances Cooke

Catharine

Gustav von Seyffertitz

Jerome Frantz

Lorimer Johnston

Hans

Boris Karloff

The Mesmerist

Eddie Phillips

Christian

Lola Todd

Annette

E. Alyn Warren

Baruch Koweski / Jethro Koweski

Laura La Varnie

Fortune Teller

John George

Mesmerist Announcer (uncredited)