Under the Lantern

IMDb 7.0 1928 • 132 min • Drama

Director

Gerhard Lamprecht

Country

DE

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

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