Variety

Nov 16, 1925

1h 44m

★ 6.6

Overview

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

Genres

Drama

Crime

Romance

Production Companies

UFA

Variety Trailers

Cast

Boss Huller

Emil Jannings

Frau Huller

Maly Delschaft

Bertha-Marie

Lya De Putti

Artinelli

Warwick Ward

Alice Hechy

Seemann

Georg John

Hafenarbeiter

Kurt Gerron

Zuschauer auf dem Jahrmarkt

Paul Rehkopf

Spanischer Artist

Charles Lincoln

Georg Baselt

Zuschauerin im Varieté

Trude Hesterberg

Werner Krauss

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7.8

Freaks

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6.7

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7.9

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7.6

Battleship Potemkin

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7.1

Nanook of the North

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7.3

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7.3

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6.9

October (Ten Days that Shook the World)

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7.0

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8.5

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6.9

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7.5

Birdman of Alcatraz

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6.9

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7.5

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8.3

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7.7

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7.5

Pandora's Box

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7.9

The General

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