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Shadows and Fog
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<p><i>Shadows and Fog</i> is a 1991 American <a href="/facts/Black-and-white/CXPjISFh">black-and-white</a> <a href="/facts/Comedy_film/uKRYTRP3">comedy film</a> directed by <a href="/facts/Woody_Allen/nTETed3q">Woody Allen</a> and based on his one-act play <i><a href="/facts/Death_(play)/so1IHUPH">Death</a></i>. It stars Allen, <a href="/facts/Mia_Farrow/EcC5BBk9">Mia Farrow</a>, <a href="/facts/John_Malkovich/LCwbGK6a">John Malkovich</a>, <a href="/facts/John_Cusack/cNh2B0fA">John Cusack</a>, <a href="/facts/Madonna/kHDBUtL7">Madonna</a>, and <a href="/facts/Kenneth_Mars/J4L0edsw">Kenneth Mars</a>. It was filmed on a 26,000-square-foot (2,400 m2) set at <a href="/facts/Kaufman_Astoria_Studios/lMzH8h8w">Kaufman Astoria Studios</a>, which was the biggest set ever built in New York. It was also Allen's last film for <a href="/facts/Orion_Pictures/gf0w2eQ2">Orion Pictures</a>. </p><p><i>Shadows and Fog</i> is an homage to <a href="/facts/German_Expressionism/r6W6Vet4">German Expressionist</a> filmmakers <a href="/facts/Fritz_Lang/Wdzbc5uw">Fritz Lang</a>, <a href="/facts/G._W._Pabst/J1jxvEyg">G. W. Pabst</a> and <a href="/facts/F._W._Murnau/5yrCt3ao">F. W. Murnau</a> in its visual presentation, and to the writer <a href="/facts/Franz_Kafka/VfEIcH7E">Franz Kafka</a> in theme. Critical reception of the work was lukewarm. </p>