The City Hyena
1912 · Movie · 31 min. · Denmark
Having grown up in poverty, the ambitious Nana is determined to break out of it. She becomes part of the Paris theatre scene and gets involved with several of the men who court her. However, Nana’s impoverished past catches up with her, and the story comes to a tragic end.
Direction Knud Lumbye
Cast Alfred Arnbak · Aage Brandt · Karen Brandt · Vera Brechling · Emma Christiansen · Rachel Hansen · Jon Iversen · Nanna Jørgensen · Valdemar Keller · Alma Lagoni · Elisabeth Lange · Ida Larsen · Schiøler Linck · Ellen Lumbye · Knud Lumbye · Th. Lumbye · Jørgen Lund · Carla Müller · Ludvig Nathansen · Martha Olsen · Carl Petersen · Edmund Petersen · Knud Rassow · Holger Reenberg · Olga Svendsen
Screenplay Knud Lumbye · Émile Zola
Cinematography Mads Anton Madsen
Original title Storstadens Hyæne
Also known as Nana
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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