A lost film about love's cruelty—gone forever, leaving only ghosts and whispers.
The film is an adaptation of the 1834 play by Alfred de Musset, On ne badine pas avec l'amour. The film is considered to be a lost film.
Direction
Pabst's early mastery of intimate tragedy.
Acting
Werner Krauss before Caligari, already menacing.
Director
G.W. Pabst
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
De Musset's play was scandalous for depicting aristocratic youth as dangerously frivolous—Pabst filmed it as Weimar Germany itself teetered.
Only stills and a brief synopsis survive; the last known print likely vanished in WWII. Lili Damita would soon marry Errol Flynn.
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