Der Fluch der Menschheit (The Curse of Man)
Rejected by his lover, Bela Lugosi, in the role of Maelzer, commits treason and attempts sabotage. He is electrocuted before the authorities can capture him.
The film was released in two parts, Die Tochter der Arbeit (The Daughters of Work) andIm Rausche der Millianden (In the Ectsay of Billions. During the shooting of the film Bela had an affair with co-star Violette Napierska. Bela had previous acted alongside Lee Perry in Hypnose (1919). He would be reunited with Willi Kaiser-Heyl in his next film, Schrecken.
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Production company: Eichberg Film
Director: Richard Eichberg
Cast:
Lee Parry
Willi Kaiser-Heyl
Robert Scholz
Gustav Birkholtz
Reinhold Pasch
Margo Koehler
Béla Lugosi: Maelzer
Felix Hexht
Violette Napierska
Paul Ludwick