The Lost Shadow (German: Der verlorene Schatten) is a 1921 German silent film directed by Rochus Gliese and starring Paul Wegener, Wilhelm Bendow and Adele Sandrock.
The screenplay also incorporated the legend of the famed violinist Niccolò Paganini who was said to have murdered his wife and imprisoned her soul in his violin.
Cameraman Karl Freund later emigrated to the US and worked on many of the classic 1930s Universal horror films, including Dracula, Mad Love and Karloff's The Mummy.
[6] A homely but brilliant violinist named Sebaldus (Wegener) makes a bargain with a mysterious stranger (Sturm).
He trades his shadow for the love of a young woman whom he is attracted to, and a magic violin.