The Convict from Stamboul
1929 · 102 min · ★ 6.5 · Adventure, Drama
Zezi, on being released from prison for smuggling, is ordered to leave the country. His incarceration has not lessened his craving for female society, but he finds his mistress false. A young girl, trying to sell vacuum-cleaners, calls at his home. Half-starved, she collapses. The blackleg’s heart is touched, and he befriends her. Gratitude on her side develops to love. Though she takes the place of the false one, she urges the man to marry her. This he does, though he has a wife, from whom he is separated.
Directed by Gustav Ucicky · Written by Franz Schulz
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Heinrich George Thomas Zezi -
Betty Amann Hilde Wollwarth -
Paul Hörbiger Vlastos -
Willi Forst Manopulos -
Trude Hesterberg Jola Zezi -
Lotte Lorring Dolly -
Frida Richard Zimmerwirtin -
Paul Rehkopf Winkeladvokat - E Erich Moeller Polizist
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Leo Peukert - A Arthur Wellin
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