Overview
Murderer “Boss” Huller—after having spent ten years in prison—breaks his silence to tell the warden his story.
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Setting
Set in Berlin
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Music
Music by Ernö Rapée
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Karl Freund and Carl Hoffmann
Details
- Director
- Writers
- E.A. DupontScreenplay
- Felix HollaenderNovel
- Original title
- Varieté
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- November 16, 1925
- Original language
- German
- Countries
- Germany
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Cast
Emil JanningsBoss Huller
Maly DelschaftFrau Huller
Lya De PuttiBertha-Marie
Warwick WardArtinelli
Alice Hechy
Georg JohnSeemann
Kurt GerronHafenarbeiter
Paul RehkopfZuschauer auf dem Jahrmarkt- Charles LincolnSpanischer Artist
- Georg Baselt
Trude HesterbergZuschauerin im Varieté
Werner Krauss- Etelka MaquitaTänzer
- Enrico RastelliJongleur
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