Glanz und Elend der Kurtisanen

Balzac adaptation: Escaped convict moves into a brothel where he becomes father to a boy. But his advantageous position is eventually threatened by one of the whores who has fallen in love with the convict's grown up son.

Director: Manfred Noa

Cast: Paul Wegener, Andrée Lafayette, Werner Fuetterer, Nien Sön Ling, Kurt Gerron

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.