At the urging of his dying aunt, a young man of limited means forgoes marriage into comfortable society. He becomes husband to an unwed mother and father to a child. Their meager existence is threatened, however, when the woman he left at the altar reenters his life.
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Lilly Marischka
Kitty
Also in
Enis Aldjelis, die Blume des Ostens
Genoveva
Mary Kid
Marie Vandeau
Also in
Dornenweg einer Fürstin
Die Lampelgasse
Victor Varconi
George Vandeau
Known for
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Samson and Delilah
Walter Marischka
The Child
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Mathilde Danegger
Jeanne Vandeau
Also in
Mother Hulda
Hans Beimler, Kamerad
Gretel Marischka
Trude Keul
Michael Curtiz Director · Ladislaus Vajda Writer Gustav Ucicky Cinematographer
United States release October 16, 1923 · Produced in Austria · Original title Die Lawine
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Sascha-Film
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Austria
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Original title
Die Lawine
Original language
German
Release dates
United States · October 16, 1923
Theatrical
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