Friedrich Wilhelm Murnaus Phantom-Kinofassung Digital Remastered (DVD)

Lorenz Lubota is an employed city writer. Privately he writes poems and records experiences from his life. One day on his way to work he is hit by a horse-drawn carriage. He is only insignificantly injured but is fascinated by the lady who was driving the carriage. He cannot forget her and searches for her like a phantom. The coachwoman Veronica is the beautiful daughter of the rich ironmonger Harlan. Lubota falls for her completely and even auditions with her parents proposes marriage. He is chased away and severely humiliated. He falls completely into his dream world and neglects his lif e and work. He does not notice that he is secretly adored by a pretty quiet girl Marie. The consequence of his unsteady way of life is that he is fired. Then he meets a girl who looks like his crush Veronica. Her name is Melitta. He takes comfort in her but Melitta is demanding and costs Lubota a lot of money. When his savings are exhausted and Melitta asks for more and more money he borrows it under a pretext from his aunt a pawnbroker.