The Case of Lena Smith
1929 · Movie · 80 min. · United States
In late 19th century Vienna, Lena Smith, a naive peasant girl from Hungary, has a child by a corrupt young cavalry officer, and goes to work his house as a servant, hiding the truth from his unsympathetic father, while the son returns to his profligate ways. Robbed of her child first when he is a baby, and later when they are separated by the war, she suffers imprisonment, contempt, and shame in order to protect the child.
Direction Josef von Sternberg
Cast Esther Ralston · Gustav von Seyffertitz · James Hall · Emily Fitzroy · Fred Kohler · Lawrence Grant · Leone Lane · Kay Deslys · Alex Woloshin · Ann Brody · Wally Albright · Gregory Gaye · John Loder · Werner Klingler
Screenplay Jules Furthman · Samuel Ornitz
Cinematography Harold Rosson
Original title The Case of Lena Smith
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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