4.2
Death Rite
1975
The Last Performance (1929)
October 13, 19291hEN
6.2
12 votes
Overview
A middle-aged magician is in love with his beautiful young assistant. She, on the other hand, is in love with the magician's young protege, who turns out to be a bum and a thief.
Director
Pál FejősWriters
Top Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
No Language
Budget
N/A
Revenue
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Production Companies
Universal Pictures
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User Reviews
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7.0Don't be put off by the "horror" descriptor - this isn't at all a scary film, nor does it intend to be. Conrad Veidt is smashing as the magician deeply in love with his seventeen year old assistant "Julie" (Mary Philbin), whom he wants to marry when she is old enough. Snag is, she doesn't reciprocate. Indeed, she is busy fending off the attentions of his assistant "Buffo" (Leslie Fenton) and is actually in love with his protégé "Mark" (the dashing Fred MacKaye). Now the younger man is a bit of a scoundrel, something not unknown to his magician master "Erik", and the first rule of magic is (or,…
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