Movielogr

Variety (1925)

Directed by E.A. Dupont

Crime | Drama | Romance

Overview

The murderer “Boss” Huller – after having spent ten years in prison – breaks his silence to tell the warden his story.

Length 104 minutes

Actors

Emil Jannings | Maly Delschaft | Lya De Putti | Warwick Ward | Alice Hechy | Georg John | Kurt Gerron | Paul Rehkopf | Charles Lincoln | Georg Baselt | Trude Hesterberg | Werner Krauss | Etelka Maquita | Enrico Rastelli

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
02/10/2019ComputerStreamingVideo on Demand8 stars
 

Viewing Notes

A great, compact film with excellent camerawork with hints of hints of expressionism here and there. Emil Jannings shines as the jealous circus performer; he exudes menace without a word. If this were made in the 1940s it’d be a noir.

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