Prologue: The murderer "Boss" Huller - after having spent ten years in prison - breaks his silence to tell the warden his story. "Boss", a former trapeze artist, and his wife own a cheap ...
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| Emil Jannings | ... | Boss Huller | |
| Maly Delschaft | ... | Frau Huller | |
| Lya De Putti | ... | Bertha-Marie | |
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Warwick Ward | ... | Artinelli |
| Alice Hechy | |||
| Georg John | ... | Seeman | |
| Kurt Gerron | ... | Hafenarbeiter | |
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Paul Rehkopf | ... | Zuschauer auf dem Jahrmarkt |
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Charles Lincoln | ... | Spanischer Artist |
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Georg Baselt | ||
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Trude Hesterberg | ... | Zuschauerin imm Varieté |
| Werner Krauss | ... | (unconfirmed) | |
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The Flying Codonas | ... | Acrobatic Ensemble (as Die Drei Codonas) |
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Alex Hyde and his Original New York Jazz Orchestra | ... | Alex Hyde and His Original New York Jazz Orchestra |
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Enrico Rastelli | ... | Jongleur |
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Prologue: The murderer "Boss" Huller - after having spent ten years in prison - breaks his silence to tell the warden his story. "Boss", a former trapeze artist, and his wife own a cheap side-show that displays ''erotic sensations''. But he longs for his former glamorous life in the circus. When he meets the orphan Berta-Marie, he falls under her spell and leaves his wife and young son behind. He makes Berta-Marie his partner in a new trapeze number. One day, the famous trapeze artist Artinelli takes note of them and engages them for his trapeze show in Berlin. Their salto mortale becomes an immediate sensation. Calculatedly and cold, Artinelli seduces Berta-Marie and destroys "Boss'" happiness. Written by Christian Taube <taube@isa.de>
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GermanyLanguage:
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31 January 1926 (Finland) See more »Also Known As:
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Lyrics by William Helmore
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Because the film was produced in Germany, it was not made with the intent to pass the newly established MPPDA's "Hays Code" which had been introduced the year before with hopes of mollifying the more than 100 local and state censorship boards around the United States. These boards quickly took an ax to the film, cutting, on average, enough footage to fill two film reels. New York made the fewest cuts, removing slightly less than one reel of footage. See more »Soundtracks
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In 1915 Germany, burly trapeze artist Emil Jannings (as Stephan "Boss" Huller) leaves his wife and partner for sultry young Lya de Putti (as Berta-Marie). Soon, the carnival performing pair are hired by famed trapezist Warwick Ward (as Artinelli), after his flying brother is derailed by a fall. The high swinging threesome is an immediate success. But, after his trimmer partners begin to take care of their mutual attraction, Mr. Jannings must commit the crime for which he serves ten years in prison - as revealed in the present-day prologue. No doubt, it's going to get nasty
Appearing decidedly middle-aged, and with his overweight figure impossible to disguise, Jannings is miscast to the point of ridiculous. But, he was so popular most viewers accepted Jannings as the trim athletic "catcher" flying high. For American consumption, Paramount left out Jannings' adulterous first act (and trimmed the remainder of the film). This softens Jannings' character, of course. The film cutters did leave in some flashes of female nipple. That, Jannings, and some great camera-work from Karl Freud made "Varieté" a critical and commercial success in the US.
****** Varieté (11/16/25) E.A. Dupont ~ Emil Jannings, Lya de Putti, Warwick Ward, Maly Delschaft