
Maria Orska
1893 - 1930an important actress of the German theater and cinema in the 1920s.
Die Bestie im Menschen
Ludwig Wolff
Ossip Runitsch, Maria Orska
Jacques Lantier, the "human beast" of the title, has a hereditary madness and has several times in his life wanted to murder women. At the beginning of the story he is an engine driver, in control of his engine "La Lison". His relationship with "La Lison" is almost sexual and provides some degree of control over his mania.
Die Bestie im Menschen
Die schwarze Loo
Max Mack, Louis Neher
Bruno Kastner, Theodor Loos
About a gypsy who earns a living as a dancer in cheap barracks. Homeless, her performance is documented by a young and talented but largely unsuccessful composer. Before he dies, he leaves the gypsy dancer his artistic legacy, a previously unpublished composition. A little later, she becomes the wife of the orchestra leader, who completes the unfinished composition and wants to gain the sole glory for it.
Die schwarze Loo