Varieté (1925)
Jannings portrays "Boss Huller", a former trapeze artist who was badly injured in a fall from the high wire and who now runs a seedy carnival with his wife (Maly Delschaft) and their child. Huller insists that the family take in a beautiful stranger (Lya De Putti) as a new sideshow dancer, with whom he develops a new trapeze number. He falls in love with the new star, and the story ends in tragedy.
Books with substantial mentioning of Varieté
| Hans Helmut Prinzler Licht und Schatten, Die grossen Stumm- und Tonfilme der Weimarer Republik München; Berlin, 2012 |
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Laurence Kardish Weimar cinema, 1919-1933, Daydreams and nightmares New York, NY, 2010 |
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| Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.) International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 1. Films Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000 |
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Robert K. Klepper Silent Films, 1877-1996, A Critical Guide to 646 Movies Jefferson, North Carolina and London, 1999 |
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Günther Dahlke Deutsche Spielfilme von dem Anfängen bis 1933, Ein Filmführer Berlin, 1988 |
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Uta Berg-Ganschow (herausgeber) Berlin. Aussen und innen, 53 Filme aus 90 Jahren Berlin, 1984 |
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Stanley Hochman (editor) From Quasimodo to Scarlett O'Hara, A National Board of Review Anthology 1920 - 1940 New York, 1982 |
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Books with an entry on Varieté
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Robert B. Connelly The Motion Picture Guide, Silent Film 1910-1936 Chicago, 1986 |
Articles on Varieté
| Michael Esser, Der Sprung über den Großen Teich, Ewald André Duponts "Varieté", in: Hans-Michael Bock und Michael Töteberg (Hg.), Das Ufa-Buch, Frankfurt am Main, 1992 |