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1921 · 59 mins
Directed by
F. W. Murnau
Starring
Conrad Veidt, Gussy Holl, Eugen Klöpfer, Margarete Schlegel

A young Russian dancer in Geneva returns to Russia, where he falls in love with a grand duchess. He is arrested but manages to escape. Lost film.

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