The Vice of Humanity | |
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German | Laster der Menschheit |
Directed by | Rudolf Meinert |
Written by | Leo Birinski |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Ludwig Lippert |
Music by | Willy Schmidt-Gentner |
Production company | International Film-AG |
Distributed by | International Film-AG |
Release date |
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Country | Germany |
Languages | Silent German intertitles |
The Vice of Humanity (German: Laster der Menschheit) is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Rudolf Meinert and starring Asta Nielsen, Werner Krauss and Alfred Abel. [1] It premiered at the Marmorhaus in Berlin.
Opera singer Tamara is heavily addicted to cocaine. Her manager Mangol, who also acts as their coke supplier, goes in and out of her house and uses it as his drug transshipment point. Due to her addiction, Tamara has now lost both her husband and her daughter, who is growing up with her ex-husband. In order to spare his daughter's greater suffering, Mangol tells them both that their mother had died. When her daughter sits in the audience for one evening, she becomes a great admirer of Tamara's singing skills.
For Mangol, the young girl is nothing more than another potential customer whom he wants addicted to cocaine, but Tamara is on guard, and won't let it happen. Tamara decides to snatch her daughter from the dirty hands of the dealer and put her back in the safe hands of her ex-husband. Tamara sees no hope and commits an act of desperation. She snatches her daughter while Mangol is strangled by one of his junkie customers.
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