Fräulein Raffke

19231923
1h

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Emil Raffke (Werner Krauss) is a newly rich industrialist who arrogantly revels in his wealth. While at the seaside with his family, Raffke and his daughter Lilli (Lee Parry) attract the att... Read allEmil Raffke (Werner Krauss) is a newly rich industrialist who arrogantly revels in his wealth. While at the seaside with his family, Raffke and his daughter Lilli (Lee Parry) attract the attention of the young Baron Von Geldern (Hans Albers) who is in a relationship with a dancer... Read allEmil Raffke (Werner Krauss) is a newly rich industrialist who arrogantly revels in his wealth. While at the seaside with his family, Raffke and his daughter Lilli (Lee Parry) attract the attention of the young Baron Von Geldern (Hans Albers) who is in a relationship with a dancer who has helped him out of the lurch financially. But Von Geldern is interested in Raffke'... Read all

IMDb RATING

7.1/10

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POPULARITY

1,185,795

70,126

Director
- Richard Eichberg
Writers
- Hans Behrendt
- Helmuth Orthmann(screenplay)
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Unremarkable German silent.

We always hope that the unfamiliar titles spacing out the filmographies of people we admire will prove to be masterpieces. Well this one has Werner Krauss going all out as a business Czar with a desk full of telephones and Hans Albers coming out of it rather better as a seedy monocle wearing aristocrat who sees Krauss' fortune as the pot of gold while the millionaire thinks wedding of his daughter Lee Parry (Mrs Eichberg) to Albers will give him entry to the nobility.

The opening gives it a chance - lines of flunkies, bathing beauties, a palais de danse and lots of acting from Krauss continually adjusting his comb over. However this soon gives way to a "never darken my door" weepy.

Parry suffers in a variety of outsize hats and the plot fails to provide any surprises. Quite ambitious with big none too imaginative sets and hoards of extras, this one has community with the contemporary melodramas of Michael Curtiz and Cecil B. De Mille - there's even a Golden Calf ball but, at this length, it's not as much fun.

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