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Gregor Samsa Mendel
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Der Verlorene (The Lost One), directed by (and starring) Peter Lorre. Very noirish. I saw it many years ago in a revival house along with "Night of the Hunter." As I recall, it was not quite in the same class as "Hunter," but still pretty damn good.