![The Black Room](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original//f4p4nArBzH5ZFKg9Sa9jdXmEQKz.jpg)
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The Black Room
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In a 16th-century European town, the ruling family has been given a prophecy that, should there ever be twin boys born, the younger will murder the older; so is dismayed when twins are born to the popular baron. The older grows to be a selfish, slovenly man, who inherits the castle at his father's death and becomes ruler over the formerly happy villagers. He enjoys his power until he learns his younger brother is returning from abroad and, afraid of the prophecy, he determines to murder his sibling, hide his body in the "black room" - an old torture chamber sealed away behind the fireplace - and then impersonate him, right down to his withered arm. In this way he hopes to not only avoid the prophecy, but also escape consequences of his other criminal deeds and obtain marriage to a local girl of the nobility...
Cast
![Boris Karloff](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//fVi0QkiziavXB8HnWk5NzRcnCO1.jpg)
Boris Karloff
Baron Gregor de Berghman / Anton de Berghman
![Marian Marsh](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//12nk0DyuF3pffqJIctgA1eKnimC.jpg)
Marian Marsh
Thea Hassel
![Robert Allen](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//iH2XpjxrQxSjRZO6UjCnpdlK3GP.jpg)
Robert Allen
Lt. Albert Lussan
![Thurston Hall](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//qBqBLp91C8XR0NyOhmTi73voJQY.jpg)
Thurston Hall
Col. Paul Hassel
![Katherine DeMille](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//7ZS9i6T3QcCEpDMzLVs5jGzrnqI.jpg)
Katherine DeMille
Mashka
![John Buckler](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//191txRCHT6PihbieKuZiuMmpZEb.jpg)
John Buckler
Beran - the gypsy
![Henry Kolker](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//mZ5QUU0Sm8h5x4YdSO6ekiRGswU.jpg)
Henry Kolker
Baron de Berghman
![Colin Tapley](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//As2xOnFngojUi7v6mdXDVLqsnWT.jpg)
Colin Tapley
Paul Hassel as a young lieutenant
![Torben Meyer](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//A5TLcObSezrwH2u5FCfi6mY69Z9.jpg)
Torben Meyer
Peter, the majordomo
![John George](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//67eRsXH4BISHgoKXpLODrgSn4PN.jpg)
John George
Inn Waiter (uncredited)
![John Bleifer](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//zF3gQxKqsyhA54js6P5hK9brVeX.jpg)
John Bleifer
Franz - Captured Assassin-Villager (uncredited)
![Marion Lessing](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//rQKXwGqfUDK7Ymao6fplyN2CR7H.jpg)
Marion Lessing
Maria the Chambermaid
![George MacQuarrie](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//9eGUVUBTQLA6e3uT0YmZQ72hPbT.jpg)
George MacQuarrie
The Judge
![Robert Middlemass](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//5hc2CgW5mGwsktdqTHcapbBo9G3.jpg)
Robert Middlemass
The Prosecutor
![Edward Van Sloan](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//qZ9zAlgNlJ1vefUXb4KDVbC3kVh.jpg)