Glanz und Elend der Kurtisanen (1927)
1h 40m
Running Time
January 1, 1927Release Date
Glanz und Elend der Kurtisanen (1927)
1h 40m
Running Time
January 1, 1927Release Date
Plot.
Balzac adaptation: Escaped convict moves into a brothel where he becomes father to a boy. But his advantageous position is eventually threatened by one of the whores who has fallen in love with the convict's grown up son.
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Queen of the Boulevards (German: Glanz und Elend der Kurtisanen) is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Manfred Noa and starring Paul Wegener, Andrée Lafayette and Werner Fuetterer. It is based on the novel Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes by Honoré de Balzac. It was shot at the Staaken Studios in Berlin, and distributed by the Munich-based Bavaria Film. Art direction was by Otto Erdmann and Hans Sohnle.