Fräulein Else

Mar 7, 1929

1h 47m

★ 6.3

Overview

While staying with her aunt at a fashionable spa, Else receives an unexpected telegram from her mother, begging her to save her father from debtor’s jail. The only way out, it seems, is to approach an elderly acquaintance in order to borrow money from him. Through this telegram, Else is forced into the reality of a world entirely at odds with her romantic imagination – with horrific consequences.

Genres

Drama

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Cast

Else Thalhof

Elisabeth Bergner

Dr. Alfred Thalhof

Albert Bassermann

Von Dorsday

Albert Steinrück

Tante Emma

Adele Sandrock

Dr. Thalhofs Frau

Else Heller

Paul

Jack Trevor

Paul Morgan

Ellen Plessow

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