Under the Lantern (1928)
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.
- Released
- 1928-08-08
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 132 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Gerhard Lamprecht
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 from 3 votes
Cast
- Lissy Arna as Else Riedel
- Gerhard Dammann as Vater
- Mathias Wieman as Hans Grothe
- Paul Heidemann as Max Thiele
- Hubert von Meyerinck as Nevin
- Carla Bartheel as Zora
- Max Maximilian as Louis
- Käthe Haack as Die Frau
- Karl Hannemann as Tanzmeister
- Hilde Schewior as Frieda
- Sybill Morel as Die Alte
- Georg Paeschke as Der 'Anreißer'