A woman walks into the Russian Revolution and doesn't ask permission.
After her brother is sent to Siberia, Sonja heads to Moscow to participate in a revolution.
Production
Weimar Germany recreating Imperial Russia on 1920s budget.
Acting
Werner Krauss before Caligari made him iconic.
Director
Ernst Fiedler-Spies
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Opfer is considered a lost film — no complete print is known to survive, making this description your closest encounter.
Made during the German Expressionist boom but before The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari premiered, this captures a film industry about to explode stylistically.
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