---
title: 'The Head of Janus (1920)'
type: 'film'
director: 'F. W. Murnau'
released: '1920-08-26'
genres:
  - 'Horror'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-head-of-janus-1920'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0011348/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Head of Janus (1920)

1920 · Horror · Germany

Original title: Der Januskopf

## Synopsis

Der Januskopf is a lost 1920 German silent film directed by F. W. Murnau. The film was an adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 novella Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Little is known about the film's production: it was shot and previewed under the title Schrecken, with shooting starting in either February or March 1920.

## Credits

- **Director:** [F. W. Murnau](https://cinepixo.com/people/f-w-murnau)
- **Screenplay:** [Hans Janowitz](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-janowitz)
- **Producer:** [Erich Pommer](https://cinepixo.com/people/erich-pommer)
- **Director of Photography:** [Karl Freund](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-freund), [Carl Hoffmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-hoffmann), [Robert Baberske](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-baberske)

## Cast

- [Conrad Veidt](https://cinepixo.com/people/conrad-veidt)
- [Bela Lugosi](https://cinepixo.com/people/bela-lugosi)
- [Magnus Stifter](https://cinepixo.com/people/magnus-stifter)
- [Gustav Botz](https://cinepixo.com/people/gustav-botz)
- [Margarete Kupfer](https://cinepixo.com/people/margarete-kupfer)
- [Willy Kaiser-Heyl](https://cinepixo.com/people/willy-kaiser-heyl)
- [Margarete Schlegel](https://cinepixo.com/people/margarete-schlegel)
- [Jaro Fürth](https://cinepixo.com/people/jaro-furth)

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