Variety

Variety

1925 · 104 min · DE · 6.7 (43 votes)
Dir. E.A. Dupont · Starring Emil Jannings, Maly Delschaft, Lya De Putti, Warwick Ward, Alice Hechy, Georg John
DramaCrimeRomance

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

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A stark, silent journey through regret and the long shadow of the past. It's a gritty, introspective look at a life shaped by crime and the faint hope for redemption, delivered with a somber, melodramatic intensity.

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