Leonhard Haskel
Nacimiento : 1872-04-07, Seelow, Germany
Muerte : 1923-12-30
A nobleman wishes to help the woman he had seduced and abandoned years earlier when he learns that she is now on trial for murder.
Thomas father
After the revelation that Georg has seduced her, Maria is driven away by her father. Georg, fearing the wrath of Maria's father, has swiftly abandoned the girl and left for the mining town of Sankt Anton, where he expects to hide easily amongst the large population of colliers. Maria must care for herself, and ends up in Sankt Anton, where she attempts to rebuild her life. There, she gets to know Thomas, and soon the young people are engaged. When Georg and Maria meet again, drama ensues. The film originally ran 97 minutes.
Herr aus der Provinz
La calle, es un testimonio directo de la crisis moral que atraviesa la nación alemana. Es la historia de un funcionario que se ahoga en su vida familiar y se siente irresistiblemente atraído por la vida nocturna donde es seducido por una joven. El drama se desarrolla en una sola noche en la cual, el protagonista es acusado de asesinato.
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La primera versión cinematográfica del Dr. Mabuse consta de dos partes: “El gran jugador” y “El infierno”. El doctor Mabuse es un villano que no se siente atraído por los bienes materiales, sino por el placer que le proporciona jugar con el destino de los hombres.
All men are under lovely Marizza’s spell. Tired of working for the old woman Yelina, who forces her to cajole customs officials to help the smugglers, she flees and finds work at Mrs. Avricolos’ farm. The latter is in business with an unscrupulous moneylender, whose daughter is promised to Leone, the family’s eldest son. But Leone will fall quickly for Marizza...
General Jepantschin
The art agent
Kornej is a young painter of primitivism. An art agent discover the works of Kornej and buy the whole collection. The art critic Moulin is very excited about Kornejs paintings and style. Kornej marries his childhood sweetheart Rita. They have a child that carries a mystic disease. Allt the money Kornej got from selling his collection is put into the care of the sick child. Rita leaves Kornej.
Der Theaterdirektor
A method actress likes living out the roles she is playing in real life. To prepare for her new play, she enters the criminal underworld and ends up being implicated in a burglary of a Duke who is one of her suitors.
The film was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film received a generally positive reception from critics, although some were doubtful about the blending of farce and tragedy.
Crook #1
Harry Yquem compra joyas para su amada esposa en un lugar donde los intermediarios del hampa comercian con productos falsificados y robados. Por casualidad, descubre a un hombre con el que su mujer tuvo una aventura en el pasado.
In the nineteenth century a young Jewish woman living in the part of Poland controlled by Austria, meets an Austrian Count at a ball held by one of her father's business associates. After he rescues her from the unwanted attentions of a Polish army officer, they fall in love.
Tinis Vater
Bressan
The film was an epic portrayal of the life of Catherine the Great of Russia.
Chaim Abramowitsch
A man searches for a cursed emerald belonging to his ancestor.
James Mistoll, one of the owners of a factory, and working on a process to turn copper ore into radium, falls from a window on the fourth floor and dies; This was no accident, but a murder. A detective sends his assistant, Barnes, to investigate and soon the number of suspects from within the company multiplies.
Woman doesn't let the man know whether he is the father of the child.
Roland
Leonhard Haskel & Anna Müller-Lincke sing a song.
German Tonbild.