Countess Maria (Henny Porten), a world famous stage performer, is blackmailed by a former lover, a frivolous stage poet (Robert Scholz). The ex-lover threatens to publish former love letters. When she visits the man to claim the letters, a wild bacchanal is going on at the house, which compromises the countess. Her husband, Count Tamar (Walter Janssen) divorces her and dumps their child (Annemarie Winkler), accorded to him, in a convent. Maria's reputation is lost, so she is refused any stage engagement. Physically and mentally broken, she collapses. Just when a friend tells her where her child is located, she dies without seeing her child again.
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Cast
11 people
Walter Janssen
Graf Tamar
Known for
Destiny
Henny Porten
Gräfin Maria Tamar
Also in
Backstairs
Anna Boleyn
Carl Froelich
Also in
Toteninsel
Fred Sauer
Also in
The Mysterious Club
Das Recht auf Dasein
Walter Wassermann
Also in
Das Gesicht im Spiegel
Wilhelm von Kaufmann
Annemarie Winkler
Komtesse Monica, beider Töchterchen
Lina Lossen
Komtesse Antonie Tamar, Schwester des Grafen
Robert Scholz
Jean Guiscard, Dichter
Robert Garrison
Pickart, Verleger
Known for
Michael
Joyless Street
Eberhard Leithoff
Erik Lindholm, ein Schreiber
Carl Froelich Director
First release November 30, 1925 · Produced in Germany · Original title Tragödie
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Germany
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Original title
Tragödie
Original language
German
Release dates
Germany · November 30, 1925
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Denmark
January 18, 1926
United Kingdom
September 27, 1926
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