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The Love of Jeanne Ney

Die Liebe der Jeanne Ney

1927·113 min·DE
Director: G.W. Pabst
Drama

In the Crimea, the Reds and the Whites aren't done fighting, and Jeanne discovers that the man she loves is a Bolshevik (when he kills her father). Penniless, she returns to Paris where she works for her uncle. Soon after, her lover Andreas is in France to organize the sailors in Toulon. So also is a thief, traitor, and libertine, Khalibiev, who wants to seduce Jeanne. His schemes, Jeanne and Andreas's naivete, and a lost diamond bring the lovers to the brink of tragedy.

In the Crimea, the Reds and the Whites aren't done fighting, and Jeanne discovers that the man she loves is a Bolshevik (when he kills her father). Penniless, she returns to Paris where she works for her uncle. Soon after, her lover Andreas is in France to organize the sailors in Toulon. So also is a thief, traitor, and libertine, Khalibiev, who wants to seduce Jeanne. His schemes, Jeanne and Andreas's naivete, and a lost diamond bring the lovers to the brink of tragedy.

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Cast

Édith Jéhanne

Édith Jéhanne

Jeanne Ney

Uno Henning

Uno Henning

Andreas Labov

Fritz Rasp

Fritz Rasp

Khalibiev

Brigitte Helm

Brigitte Helm

Gabrielle

Sig Arno

Sig Arno

Gaston

Vladimir Sokoloff

Vladimir Sokoloff

Zacharkiewicz

Margarete Kupfer

Margarete Kupfer

Zimmermädchen

Robert Scholz

Robert Scholz

Hertha von Walther

Hertha von Walther

Margot

Adolf E. Licho

Adolf E. Licho

Onkel Raymond Ney

E

Eugen Jensen

Vater Alfred Ney

Hans Járay

Hans Járay

Emile Poitras

Josefine Dora

Josefine Dora

Frau des Juweliers

H

Heinrich Gotho

Mann im Zug

V

Victor Trivas

Passant

Crew

Hans May

composer

Ilya Ehrenburg

writer

Fritz Arno Wagner

cinematographer

Robert Lach

cinematographer

Ladislaus Vajda

writer

Rudolf Leonhardt

writer

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