On the surface a straightforward tale of the search for a buried treasure, the film is a textbook example of German expressionism, with the passions of the protagonists conveyed as much through symbolism as action.
G.W. Pabst
Director
Willy Hennings
Writer

Albert Steinrück
Svetocar Badalic, Master Foundryman

Lucie Mannheim
Beate

Ilka Grüning
Anna

Werner Krauss
Svetelenz

Hans Brausewetter
Arno
Salomé62%
Eleanor the Great68%
Girl in the Box67%
Lorelei59%
La joven69%
Run60%
Brotherly Love70%
Most72%
My Dinner with Hervé63%
Come Sunday58%
I'm Not Here58%
Starving in Suburbia65%
Paula63%
Home67%
Man with No Past64%
Bastard Out of Carolina71%
Asphalt72%
Iron Jawed Angels67%
The Trials of Cate McCall63%
Not Without Hope64%