Apr 2, 2025
Death (Werner Krauß) and an unidentified character (uncertain; possibly Johanna Terwin) in Max Reinhardt's staging of Jedermann (Everyman) at the second annual Salzburg Festival, Austria, 1921
#death and the maiden#gothic#macabre#vintage photography#1920s#werner krauß#werner krauss#tod#death#jedermann#everyman#der tod und das mädchen#german expressionism#black and white photography#theatre#photography#lime.png#funny story I was looking up personifications of death on letterboxd and this poster caught my eye so I obviously went to find it asap#turns out after a bit of research the 'film' doesn't exist which sucks but at least now I know the origin of the word 'everyman' lol#this costuming for 'death' is so elegant especially for its time it's a shame they seemingly only used this look for the character once
