Else Riedel (Lissy Arna), locked out by her authoritarian father, seeks refuge with her boyfriend Hans. Complications threaten when Hans's roommate Max falls in love with her, but the situation is resolved: the three remain friends, and decide to form a music hall act. They want to ascend, but how? A way out beckons when a theatrical agent named Nevin enters Else’s life. He is played by Hubert von Meyerinck as a slick and oily villain, who oozes refinement; his experience behind bars is waved away with a silk scarf. He is cunning to the point of perfidiousness, but is not completely unsympathetic. He also embodies a new type - the scrounger.

Lissy Arna
Else Riedel

Gerhard Dammann
Vater

Mathias Wieman
Hans Grothe

Paul Heidemann
Max Thiele

Hubert von Meyerinck
Nevin

Carla Bartheel
Zora
Max Maximilian
Louis

Käthe Haack
Die Frau
Karl Hannemann
Tanzmeister
Hilde Schewior
Frieda

Sybill Morel
Die Alte
Georg Paeschke
Der 'Anreißer'
Am Weibe zerschellt
Am Weibe zerschellt

Metropolis
Metropolis

Behind the Door
Behind the Door

The Bright Shawl
The Bright Shawl

The General
The General

The Gold Rush
The Gold Rush

Omul fără Linia Vieții
Omul fără Linia Vieții

The Passion of Joan of Arc
The Passion of Joan of Arc

Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl

City Lights
City Lights
Fickle Women
Fickle Women

The White Heather
The White Heather