Under the Lantern

Synopsis

Else Riedel (Lissy Arna), locked out by her authoritarian father, seeks refuge with her boyfriend Hans. Complications threaten when Hans's roommate Max falls in love with her, but the situation is resolved: the three remain friends, and decide to form a music hall act. They want to ascend, but how? A way out beckons when a theatrical agent named Nevin enters Else’s life. He is played by Hubert von Meyerinck as a slick and oily villain, who oozes refinement; his experience behind bars is waved away with a silk scarf. He is cunning to the point of perfidiousness, but is not completely unsympathetic. He also embodies a new type - the scrounger.

Lissy Arna

Else Riedel

Gerhard Dammann

Vater

Mathias Wieman

Hans Grothe

Paul Heidemann

Max Thiele

Hubert von Meyerinck

Nevin

Carla Bartheel

Zora

Max Maximilian

Louis

Käthe Haack

Die Frau

Karl Hannemann

Tanzmeister

Hilde Schewior

Frieda

Sybill Morel

Die Alte

Georg Paeschke

Der 'Anreißer'