Plots(1)
An aspiring poet (Alfred Abel) on the verge of what he takes for a big break experiences a chance encounter with a beautiful woman (Lya de Putti) in the street and falls headlong into love and fantasy. With debts piling up and his promised literary celebrity failing to materialise, the poet descends into obsession, deception, and, ultimately, a criminal act in this delirious film that stands as an early precursor of Hitchcock's Vertigo. (Eureka Entertainment)
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Lya De Putti
Austria-Hungary
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Alfred Abel
German Empire
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Grete Berger
Austria-Hungary
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Lil Dagover
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Hans Heinrich von Twardowski
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Anton Edthofer
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Wilhelm Diegelmann
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Adolf Klein
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Frida Richard
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Karl Etlinger
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Ilka Grüning
Austria-Hungary
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Aud Egede-Nissen
Union between Sweden and Norway
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