Under the Lantern

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.

• Gerhard LamprechtDirector
• Gerhard LamprechtWriter
• Luise Heilborn-KörbitzWriter
• Hansheinrich DransmannOriginal Music Composer

• Lissy ArnaElse Riedel
• Gerhard DammannVater
• Mathias WiemanHans Grothe
• Paul HeidemannMax Thiele
• Hubert von MeyerinckNevin
• Carla BartheelZora
• Max MaximilianLouis
• Käthe HaackDie Frau
• Karl HannemannTanzmeister
• Hilde SchewiorFrieda
• Sybill MorelDie Alte
• Georg PaeschkeDer 'Anreißer'