Prague, Bohemia, 1820. Balduin, a penniless student, falls in love with Countess Margit, a wealthy noblewoman whom he has saved from drowning.
Social & External
The people behind it
Paul Wegener
Balduin - A Student / Self
Grete Berger
Countess Margit von Schwarzenberg
Lyda Salmonova
Lyduschka - A Wanderer Girl
John Gottowt
Scapinelli - An Old Adventurer
Lothar Körner
Count von Schwarzenberg - Margit's father
Fritz Weidemann
Baron Waldis-Schwarzenberg - Margit's Cousin and Fiancé
Hanns Heinz Ewers
Self
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