Under the Lantern

Else Riedel (Lissy Arna), locked out by her authoritarian father, seeks refuge with her boyfriend Hans. Complications threaten when Hans's roommate Max falls in love with her, but the situation is resolved: the three remain friends, and decide to form a music hall act. They want to ascend, but how? A way out beckons when a theatrical agent named Nevin enters Else’s life. He is played by Hubert von Meyerinck as a slick and oily villain, who oozes refinement; his experience behind bars is waved away with a silk scarf. He is cunning to the point of perfidiousness, but is not completely unsympathetic. He also embodies a new type - the scrounger.

1928

2h 12min

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Top Billed Cast

Lissy Arna
Else Riedel
Gerhard Dammann
Vater
Mathias Wieman
Hans Grothe
Paul Heidemann
Max Thiele
Hubert von Meyerinck
Nevin
Carla Bartheel
Zora
Max Maximilian
Louis
Käthe Haack
Die Frau
Karl Hannemann
Tanzmeister
Hilde Schewior
Frieda
Sybill Morel
Die Alte
Georg Paeschke
Der 'Anreißer'
Maria Peterson
Die 'letzte Frau'
Eva Speyer
Straßenmädchen
Lilli Schoenborn
Straßenmädchen

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