Rent Variety (1925)
3.7 of 5 from 64 ratings
1h 35min
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- Synopsis:
- A key work of German silent cinema and an international smash on its release, E.A. Dupont's Variete (Variety) is an audacious revenge melodrama set under the canvas of the big top. When Boss Huller (the iconic Emil Jannings) meets the young emigre Berta-Marie (Lya De Putti), it kindles his desire to relaunch his career as a trapeze artist, stalled due to an injury and the pressures of domestic life. But with passion comes obsession, and with the involvement of the famed Artinelli into their act, tensions rise to a fever pitch. Visually astonishing, with some of the most inventive camerawork of the 1920s, and a typically intense and vivid central performance from Jannings.
- Actors:
- Emil Jannings, Maly Delschaft, Lya De Putti, Warwick Ward, Alice Hechy, Georg John, Kurt Gerron, Paul Rehkopf, Charles Lincoln, Georg Baselt, Trude Hesterberg, Werner Krauss, The Flying Codonas, Alex Hyde and his Original New York Jazz Orchestra, Enrico Rastelli
- Directors:
- Ewald André Dupont
- Producers:
- Erich Pommer
- Writers:
- Felix Hollaender, Ewald André Dupont
- Aka:
- Varieté / Jealousy
- Studio:
- Eureka
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama, Romance
- Collections:
- 100 Years of German Expressionism, 21 Reasons to Love... Ingmar Bergman, What to Watch Next If You Liked Dracula
- Countries:
- Germany
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 23/01/2017
- Run Time:
- 95 minutes
- Languages:
- German LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.33:1 / 4:3
- Colour:
- Tinted
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Option of three scores, one by the Tiger Lillies, one by Stephen Horne, and one by Johannes Contag
- The complete American version of the film
