Glanz und Elend der Kurtisanen

Overview

Balzac adaptation: Escaped convict moves into a brothel where he becomes father to a boy. But his advantageous position is eventually threatened by one of the whores who has fallen in love with the convict's grown up son.

Directed by Manfred Noa

Top cast

Paul Wegener

Vautrin

Andrée Lafayette

Werner Fuetterer

Nien Sön Ling

Kurt Gerron

Details