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The man in the background

09/08/1922

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1hr 28min

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Drama

STORY

The guests at Count Otto von Trepow's East Prussian estate Gross-Ehrenfeld are Lord and Lady Ruthven, Mr Hendriks with his wife and foster-daughter Mariska, a gypsy they adopted years ago, Kundry, the fiancée of Otto's son Bernhard, and Count Stanislaus Larinski, who claims to be a Polish revolutionary wanted by the Russian government. A boating trip is organized but ends when the motor breaks down. While waiting for it to be repaired, the guests go to an inn run by Andreas and his daughter Käthe. Hendriks goes for a walk, sees the boat come back and that a man with a bent back leaves it. He notices that Kundry is afraid of Bernhard.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Ernst A. Becker
  • Victor Colani
  • Paula de Waart
  • Adolphe Engers
  • Fritz Epstein

    INFORMATION

      Production Companies

    • Film-Industrie Handels
    • Odij-Film-Onderneming

      Production Countries

    • Germany
    • Netherlands

    LANGUAGES

    • No Language

    Cast

    Ernst A. Becker

    Lord Ruthven

    Victor Colani

    Bernhard von Trepow

    Paula de Waart

    Hendriks' Frau Maud

    Adolphe Engers

    Willem Hendriks

    Fritz Epstein

    Peter

    Elvira Erdmann

    Kundry von Ahrstein

    Coen Hissink

    Count Stanislaus Larinski

    Eduard Ijdo

    Geoffrey Gill

    Koba Kinsbergen

    Mariska

    Hans Lindegg

    Werner