Movie

The man in the background

1922 1h 28m Released

Drama

The guests at Count Otto von Trepow's East Prussian estate Gross-Ehrenfeld are Lord and Lady Ruthven, Mr Hendriks with his wife and foster-daughter Mariska, a gypsy they adopted years ago, Kundry, the fiancée of Otto's son Bernhard, and Count Stanislaus Larinski, who claims to be a Polish revolutionary wanted by the Russian government. A boating trip is organized but ends when the motor breaks down. While waiting for it to be repaired, the guests go to an inn run by Andreas and his daughter Käthe. Hendriks goes for a walk, sees the boat come back and that a man with a bent back leaves it. He notices that Kundry is afraid of Bernhard.

Cast

E Ernst Becker Lord Ruthven V Victor Colani Bernhard von Trepow P Paula de Waart Hendriks' Frau Maud Adolphe Engers Willem Hendriks F Fritz Epstein Peter E Elvira Erdmann Kundry von Ahrstein