The daughter of a daimyo, one forced to commit harakiri to secure her a future to choose her own destiny, falls in love with and marries a European officer. The officer returns to Europe but promises to come back for her and his new child, but when he comes back to Japan, he brings his European wife.
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Paul Biensfeldt
Daimyo Tokuyawa
Known for
Waxworks
Lil Dagover
O-Take-San
Known for
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Destiny
George John
Monk
Meinhart Maur
Price Matahari
Known for
The Tales of Hoffmann
Rudolf Lettinger
Karan
Known for
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Erner Huebsch
Kin-Be-Araki
Also in
The Plague of Florence
Little Angel
Kaete Juster
Hanake
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Niels Prien
Olaf Jens Anderson
Also in
Prinz Kuckuck
Va banque
Herta Héden
Eva
Also in
Deerslayer
Die siebente Großmacht
Loni Nest
Child
Known for
The Golem: How He Came into the World
Joyless Street
Fritz Lang Director · Max Jungk Screenplay David Belasco Writer
First release December 18, 1919 · Produced in Germany · Languages German, No dialogue
Production
Decla-Bioscop
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Decla Film Gesellschaft Holz & Co.
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Decla-Bioscop AG
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Germany
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Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German · No dialogue
Release dates
Germany · December 18, 1919
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