Plots(1)
After a dispute fuelled by jealousy, knife thrower John is stranded in an Asian port. There, he rescues the young Chinese woman Song from the violent clutches of two libertines. Deciding that she is the ideal partner for his act, they begin performing together at a vaudeville theatre. One day, John’s former mistress, the stylish dancer Gloria, turns up. John needs money to win her back, so he takes part in the robbery of a mail train and ends up losing his eyesight. He attributes all the good things that happen to him from then on to Gloria. But in reality, it is Song who has been devoted to him all along. (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
Anna May Wong
USA
Best movies:
The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
Outside the Law (1920)
Piccadilly (1929)
Heinrich George
German Empire
Best movies:
Metropolis (1927)
Kolberg (1945)
Berlin-Alexanderplatz - Die Geschichte Franz Biberkopfs (1931)
Hans Adalbert Schlettow
German Empire
Best movies:
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge (1924)
A Cottage on Dartmoor (1929)
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (1924)
Paul Hörbiger
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Third Man (1949)
Asphalt (1929)
Spies (1928)
Mary Kid
German Empire