Drama · Austria · 1936 · 2h 2m

Burg Theatre

Burgtheater

Director

Cast

Werner Krauss as Friedrich Mitterer Carl Esmond as Josef Rainer Hortense Raky as Leni Schindler Olga Tschechowa as Baroness Seebach Hans Moser as Souffleur Sedlmayer Carl Günther as Baron Seebach

Crew

Theodore J. Pahle — Director of Photography

Synopsis

In this convoluted melodrama, an elderly thespian falls for a rising young starlet. He admits his love for her and then announces that he will retire. The young woman pretends she loves him too, but her real motive is to give her struggling lover, also an aspiring actor, a break.

Key Collaborators

Willi Forst Director Theodore J. Pahle Director of Photography

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