Everyman

In 1911 the German poet Hugo von Hofmansthal wrote a new version of the medieval morality play Everyman and this was staged in Danish translation at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen in 1915 At the time it was radical example of symbolist abstraction Its success inspired a film version Enhver Everyman directed by Vilhelm Glückstadt for Filmfabrikken Danmark The film however was set in a modernday environment It depict the moral choice confronting its protagonist at struggle because two attendant spirits one good and one bad The protagonist is tempted by dark figure of evil and succumbs rejecting God and leading a life of iniquity but he is then haunted by guilty visions until he finally dies asking God for forgiveness at the last moment