02 Feb 1929
Wages of Sin
Film producer Winston L. Jaune gives his brother J. Lee a job in his company. J. Lee promptly steals company funds, spends lavishly in cabarets, at wild parties, and on women putting the company in financial difficulties.
The Closed Chain
The Closed Chain (German: Die geschlossene Kette) is a 1920 German silent film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Pola Negri, Aud Egede-Nissen, and Carl Ebert.
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Pola Negri Carl Ebert 
Aud Egede-Nissen 
Greta Schröder 
Albert Steinrück
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