
03 Oct 1920

The Riddle: Woman
Lilla Gravert falls into the clutches of a master blackmailer, Eric Helsingor.
What the heart hides, the moon reveals.
Set in the decadent 1920s, Temptress Moon tells the very complicated story of a wealthy family living on the outskirts of Shanghai. Their youngest daughter, Ruyi, is brought up as a servant to her opium-addicted father and brother. Meanwhile, her brother-in-law Zhongliang has a successful, if illegal, career seducing and blackmailing married women in the city. When he comes to Ruyi's home the two fall in love, and trouble ensues.
Yu Zhongliang
Pang Ruyi
Pang Duanwu
Yu Xiuyi
Li Niangjiu
Pang An
Elder Qi
The Woman of Zephyr Lane
Pang Zhengda
Young Yu Zhongliang
Young Pang Ruyi
Young Pang Duanwu
Night Club Girl (uncredited)
Jingyun
Boss
03 Oct 1920
Lilla Gravert falls into the clutches of a master blackmailer, Eric Helsingor.
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A desperate woman, whose son is on trial for murder, blackmails the judge and kidnaps his wife.
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A beautiful young woman sets her sights on an aging millionaire. She seduces him, and moves into his mansion with him. She soon tires of him, though, and after she gets rid of him, she goes after his son.
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Police in Boston search for a mad bomber trying to extort money from the city.
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Soviet High School girls are sent to the U.S. where they are taught to become secret agents and use sex to find information.
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An armored-car guard must convince the authorities he is innocent after he is forced to rob his own company.
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Two thieves, who travel in elegant circles, try to outsmart each other and, in the process, end up falling in love.