A married writer's luck turns when he gets a play produced at Théâtre de Paris. He meets the femme fatale who should play the lead in his play. Passion and conflict occurs.
Direction
Molander's restless camera refuses to stay Swedish.
Cinematography
Expressionist shadows doing heavy lifting for the melodrama.
Acting
Gina Manès inventing the femme fatale template in real time.
Director
Gustaf Molander
Lars Hanson
Maurice Gerard
Elissa Landi
Kersti
Ivan Hedqvist
Kersti's Father
Gina Manès
Henriette Mauclerc
Hugo Björne
Adolphe
Stina Berg
Catherine Dupont
Erik 'Bullen' Berglund
Maitre d' at the Royal
John Ekman
Director
Gabriel Alw
Ragnar Arvedson
Guest
Carl Browallius
Judge
Eric Gustafson
Theatre audience
Gösta Gustafson
Guest
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Molander remade this in 1940 with his new discovery: 23-year-old Ingrid Bergman in the Kersti role, launching her career.
A Swedish-German co-production directed by a Dane, this film embodies Weimar cinema's cosmopolitan collapse just before sound and fascism ended it all.
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