The Master of Death (1926)

8.0/10 95 min

Overview

A aristocratic lieutenant is forced to resign his commission and give up his career in the cavalry after having defended himself against deliberate provocations by a superior officer who is competing with him for the love of the daughter of a respected privy councillor. His family bans him to New York, where he falls on hard times until a former circus performer helps him to become a world-renowned trapeze and aerial artiste.

Cast

Hertha von Walther

Maja

Simone Vaudry

Heid von Duren

Heinrich Peer

Privy Councillor von Duren

Ferdinand von Alten

Baron von Bassenheim

S.Z. Sakall

Bordoni

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