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Prague, Bohemia, 1820. Balduin, a penniless student, falls in love with Countess Margit, a wealthy noblewoman whom he has saved from drowning.
Top billed cast
Paul WegenerBalduin - A Student / Self
Grete BergerCountess Margit von Schwarzenberg
Lyda SalmonovaLyduschka - A Wanderer Girl
John GottowtScapinelli - An Old Adventurer- Lothar KörnerCount von Schwarzenberg - Margit's father
- Fritz WeidemannBaron Waldis-Schwarzenberg - Margit's Cousin and Fiancé
- Hanns Heinz EwersSelf
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