Synopsis
While staying with her aunt at a fashionable spa, Else receives an unexpected telegram from her mother, begging her to save her father from debtor’s jail. The only way out, it seems, is to approach an elderly acquaintance in order to borrow money from him. Through this telegram, Else is forced into the reality of a world entirely at odds with her romantic imagination – with horrific consequences.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
7 audience votes
Key crew
- Paul CzinnerDirector
- Paul CzinnerWriter
- Carl MayerWriter
Cast
- Elisabeth BergnerElse Thalhof
- Albert BassermannDr. Alfred Thalhof
- Albert SteinrückVon Dorsday
- Adele SandrockTante Emma
- Else HellerDr. Thalhofs Frau
- Jack TrevorPaul
- Paul MorganCast
- Ellen PlessowCast
- Irmgard BernCast
- Antonie JaeckelCast
- Gertrud de LalskyCast
- Toni TetzlaffCast
Stills
Themes
hotelseductionvacationsilent filmemotional vulnerability