The Greater Glory

May 2, 1926

1h 50m

★ 0.0

Overview

Fanny von Berg's engagement to Count Maxim von Hurtig is suddenly broken off and she is denounced by her family for a suspected indiscretion. When they are reduced to starvation by the war, the family members accept her earnings without acknowledging the source. As the hostess of a Viennese night club, Fanny becomes the mistress of a rich war profiteer. The Count, loving her still, prevents her from making further sacrifices for her or his people, and they find ultimate happiness in the prospect of a new life together. A lost film.

Genres

Drama

War

Romance

Production Companies

First National Pictures

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Cast

Count Maxim von Hurtig

Conway Tearle

Fanny

Anna Q. Nilsson

Corinne

May Allison

Pauli Birbach

Ian Keith

Tante Ilde

Lucy Beaumont

Gustav Schmidt

Jean Hersholt

Dr. Hermann von Berg

Nigel De Brulier

Mitzi von Berg

Bridgetta Clark

Prof. Leopold Eberhardt (as John Sainpolis)

John St. Polis

Kaethe Eberhardt

Marcia Manon

Otto Steiner

Edward Earle

Liesel Steiner

Virginia Southern

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