Under the Lantern

1928

2h 12m

7.0(2 votes)

Drama

Overview

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.

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15 members

Acting

Lissy Arna

Else Riedel

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Gerhard Dammann

Vater

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Mathias Wieman

Hans Grothe

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Paul Heidemann

Max Thiele

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Hubert von Meyerinck

Nevin

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Carla Bartheel

Zora

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Max Maximilian

Louis

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Käthe Haack

Die Frau

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Karl Hannemann

Tanzmeister

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Hilde Schewior

Frieda

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Sybill Morel

Die Alte

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Georg Paeschke

Der 'Anreißer'

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Maria Peterson

Die 'letzte Frau'

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Eva Speyer

Straßenmädchen

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Lilli Schoenborn

Straßenmädchen

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