Asta Nielsen stars in a lost Lubitsch tragedy you literally cannot watch. Ghost cinema at its finest.
Gaston finally succeeds as a dramatist and decides to leave his wife and child for another woman. When the child dies, the finger is pointed at him and he winds up as a destitute before all is revealed. This film is considered lost.
Acting
Asta Nielsen's legendary emotive power, now only in stills.
Direction
Pre-Hollywood Lubitsch already mastering dramatic irony.
Director
Ernst Lubitsch
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of 75% of silent films now lost; Intoxication survives only in archives and longing.
Lubitsch directed 36 German films before Hollywood — this was his 21st, already showing the 'touch.'
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