Publicity stills courtesy of Lombardia Beni Culturali

According to the article below, The Haller Case was the first film to employ the term regista (meaning director).

La Stampa 26th January 1979

Listing in La Stampa 12th Feb 1934

‘The most extraordinary and dramatic events imaginable; a man driven into a life of crime against his own will’

Another listing in La Stampa a day later on the 13th Feb 1934

‘A startling psychological phenomenon that will fascinate the public and even psychiatrists themselves! A profoundly human case, brought to the screen through new and ingenious episodes that will grip the audience with their tragic and irresistible power‘

La Stampa 4th March 1934

This time it’s the ‘Italian Dr. Jekyll’ which gives us an idea of the plot