Cast
Ramon Novarro (Willi Kasder)Helen Chandler (Laura Taub)Jean Hersholt (Herr Schnabel)C. Aubrey Smith (General von Hertz)William Bakewell (Otto)Karen Morley (Emily Kessner)Douglass Montgomery (Von Lear)Glenn Tryon (Franz)Clyde Cook (Josef)Sumner Getchell (Emil)Clara Blandick (Frau Hoffman)Edwin Maxwell (Herr Hoffman)Jackie Searl (August)Russ Powell (Undetermined Minor Role)Zelda Sears (Undetermined Minor Role)Max Barwyn (Casino Patron)William Begg (Casino Patron)Lionel Belmore (Herr Kessner)
Director
Jacques Feyder
Synopsis
Willi, a brash young lieutenant in the Austrian Imperial Guard, bent on an evening of pleasure, visits a gambling parlor and house of ill-repute. He meets Laura, a sweet innocent girl and spends the night with her, leaving her money in the morning. Devastated to realize that he found her a mere convenience, she becomes the mistress of Herr Schnabel, an unpleasant but wealthy gentleman. Never quite getting over Laura, Willi is goaded by her into gambling with Schnabel and losing more money to him than he can possibly repay. Laura is unaware that Willi must either pay his debt by the next day or take the only other honorable way out: committing suicide.
