The man in the background

The guests at Count Otto von Trepow's East Prussian estate Gross-Ehrenfeld are Lord and Lady Ruthven, Mr Hendriks with his wife and foster-daughter Mariska, a gypsy they adopted years ago, Kundry, the fiancée of Otto's son Bernhard, and Count Stanislaus Larinski, who claims to be a Polish revolutionary wanted by the Russian government. A boating trip is organized but ends when the motor breaks down. While waiting for it to be repaired, the guests go to an inn run by Andreas and his daughter Käthe. Hendriks goes for a walk, sees the boat come back and that a man with a bent back leaves it. He notices that Kundry is afraid of Bernhard.

CAST

Ernst BeckerLord Ruthven

Victor ColaniBernhard von Trepow

Paula de WaartHendriks' Frau Maud

Adolphe EngersWillem Hendriks

Fritz EpsteinPeter

Elvira ErdmannKundry von Ahrstein

Coen HissinkCount Stanislaus Larinski

Eduard IjdoGeoffrey Gill

Koba KinsbergenMariska

Hans LindeggWerner

Erika UnruhKäthe

Eduard van MeghenVon Harder

Erich WaltherCount Otto von Trepow