The Way of All Flesh (1927)

10/01/1927 (US) • 1h 34m

Drama

Overview

The story takes place in Milwaukee during the early 1900s with a bank clerk named August Schiller who is happy with both his job and his family. He is tasked with transporting $1,000 in securities to Chicago. On the train he meets a blond seductress who convinces him to buy her a bottle of champagne, and takes him to a saloon. The next morning he awakes alone in a dilapidated bedroom and without the securities.

Top Billed Cast

Emil Jannings

August Shilling

Belle Bennett

Mrs. Schilling

Donald Keith

August Jr.

Phyllis Haver

The Temptress

Fred Kohler

The Tough

Philippe De Lacy

August, as a child


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Status

Released

Original Language

No Language

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

partially lost film

fragment

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