Top cast:Roddy McDowall,Don Murray,Ricardo Montalban
Director:Yakov Protazanov
Genre:History
Region:Israel
Year:2004
Storyline:The tension-filled, dialogue-heavy plot and character study (with many wordless reaction close-up shots), was beautifully filmed with Karl Freund""s B/W cinematography and supplemented with Max Steiner""s bombastic musical score.Similarities to Murnau""s 1922 silent vampire masterpieceNosferatuare apparent in his sequence when the Man is under the vamp""s spell.During the arrival of Uncle Vernon""s house guests, the Masons, Harry waswarned by mischievous and masochistic house-elf Dobby (voice of Toby Jones) to not return to Hogwarts, because of "a plot to make most terrible things happen.He was the deadbeat and irresponsible father who had abandoned his pregnant girlfriend.As he turned and reached for a rolled-up piece of paper behind the photo, he carelessly and accidentally struck the photo, sending it tumbling down from the mantlepiece into a burning charcoal fire.Destiny is the will of God, and if it is man""s destiny to be dominated, it is God""s will that he be dominated with compassion and understanding.