Overview

A family from Poland has been left homeless in the wake of World War I. They move to Germany and struggle to survive the conditions there, during the Great Inflation. Inga is a Polish war orphan who has only accumulated a small amount of money from the rubble and hopes to marry Paul. Weakened by poison gas, Paul begins to invest in Inga's future and he serves as their symbol of optimism.

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Cast

Carol Dempster

Inga

Neil Hamilton

Paul

Erville Alderson

The Professor

Helen Lowell

The Grandmother

Marcia Harris

The Aunt

Frank Puglia

Theodor

Lupino Lane

Rudolph

Hans Adalbert Schlettow

Leader of the Workers

Paul Rehkopf

Hungry Worker

Walter Plimmer Jr.

The American