
Underworld(1927)
Boisterous gangster kingpin Bull Weed rehabilitates his former lawyer from his alcoholic haze, but complications arise when he falls for Weed's girlfriend.



Emil Jannings
Boss Huller

Maly Delschaft
Frau Huller

Lya De Putti
Bertha-Marie

Warwick Ward
Artinelli

Alice Hechy

Georg John
Seemann

Kurt Gerron
Hafenarbeiter

Paul Rehkopf
Zuschauer auf dem Jahrmarkt
Charles Lincoln
Spanischer Artist
Georg Baselt
Variety is a drama, crime, romance film released in 1925 exploring themes of prison, son, silent film, trapeze artist. Directed by E.A. Dupont, it stars Emil Jannings, Maly Delschaft, Lya De Putti. Murderer “Boss” Huller—after having spent ten years in prison—breaks his silence to tell the warden his story.
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