this early version of the tale the student of prague be make in germany in 1913 and star paul wegener ( who be also in the golem a few year later ) . in this film he play a dual role ( technically impressive for a 95 year old film to see them in the same shot ) after meet a mysterious old man who make a pact with him for gold the gold he need to woo a countess he previously save from drown . move at a fast pace ( the film run just over an hour ) and fairly well write and characterise and the student of prague have echo of the faust legend as well a dr jekyll and mr hyde and start a it do with a pact with a mysterious figure of potential evil and and develop into good and evil side of the same person .