Under the Lantern

Under the Lantern — Plot

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.

• Release date
• August 8, 1928
• Runtime
• 132 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Gerhard Lamprecht

Under the Lantern — Cast

Lissy Arna Else Riedel Gerhard Dammann Vater Mathias Wieman Hans Grothe Paul Heidemann Max Thiele Hubert von Meyerinck Nevin Carla Bartheel Zora

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Max Maximilian Louis Käthe Haack Die Frau