The man in the background

The man in the background (1922)

Drama

The guests at Count Otto von Trepow's East Prussian estate Gross-Ehrenfeld are Lord and Lady Ruthven, Mr Hendriks with his wife and foster-daughter Mariska, a gypsy they adopted years ago, Kundry, the fiancée of Otto's son Bernhard, and Count Stanislaus Larinski, who claims to be a Polish revolutionary wanted by the Russian government. A boating trip is organized but ends when the motor breaks down. While waiting for it to be repaired, the guests go to an inn run by Andreas and his daughter Käthe. Hendriks goes for a walk, sees the boat come back and that a man with a bent back leaves it. He notices that Kundry is afraid of Bernhard.

Director: Ernst Winar

Casts

	Ernst Becker as Lord Ruthven
	Victor Colani as Bernhard von Trepow
	Paula de Waart as Hendriks' Frau Maud
	Adolphe Engers as Willem Hendriks
	Fritz Epstein as Peter
	Elvira Erdmann as Kundry von Ahrstein
	Coen Hissink as Count Stanislaus Larinski
	Eduard Ijdo as Geoffrey Gill
	Koba Kinsbergen as Mariska
	Hans Lindegg as Werner
	Erika Unruh as Käthe
	Eduard van Meghen as Von Harder
	Erich Walther as Count Otto von Trepow

Crew