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A Balasaur Score of 80 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 94%. Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 71% of the 137 1920s drama movies in this catalog. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
When lifelong best friends Leo and Ulrich return home after completing their military training, Leo meets the stunning Felicitas at a railway station and is mesmerized by her beauty. A scandal follows, for which Leo is sent away. Returning home three years later, he discovers that much has changed.
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes94%
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do.
65 audience votes
Key crew
- Clarence BrownDirector
- Benjamin GlazerScreenplay
- Marian AinsleeWriter
Cast
- John GilbertLeo von Harden
- Greta GarboFelicitas
- Lars HansonUlrich von Eltz
- Barbara KentHertha von Eltz
- William OrlamondUncle Kutowski
- George FawcettPastor Voss
- Eugenie BessererLeo's Mother
- Marc McDermottCount von Rhaden
- Marcelle CordayMinna
- Frankie DarroBoy who dances with Hertha (uncredited)
- Philippe De LacyLeo as a boy (uncredited)
- Virginia MarshallHertha as a girl (uncredited)
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Themes
adulteryfriendshipbrotherhoodmale friendshipbetrayalduelsilent filmblood brothertemptress